Sweet Briar Alumnae Magazine | Vol. 90, No. 2 | Fall 2020

Dear Sweet Briar alumnae and friends, I’ve been thinking a great deal lately about women’s leadership. As the president of a women’s college with a leadership core at the center of its curriculum, my reflections naturally gravitate to this theme. More specifically, I’ve been contemplating women’s leadership from a historical perspective, considering how far women have come in the last one hundred years, where we need to go, and how Sweet Briar women have been, and will continue to be, in the forefront of this advance.

This fall, we’ve held a number of events to celebrate a tremendous milestone in the history of women: the one-hundredth anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. By its passage, American women won the constitutional right to vote, even though discriminatory laws and practices of voter intimidation kept many poor women and women of color from exercising this right for decades. The path toward progress is never smooth or easy, but we continue to ascend it while keeping our eyes fixed on the prize.

In 1920, Sweet Briar’s president was Emilie Watts McVea, a staunch advocate of a woman’s right to vote. President McVea was nationally known in education circles. She elevated the rigor of Sweet Briar’s academic program and presided over the College during a tumultuous period of history. During her presidency, the United States entered World War I and the College, along with the entire world, faced a deadly influenza pandemic. Thanks to President McVea’s leadership, the College and its community weathered these storms.

Today, one hundred years later, the world faces the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Here at Sweet Briar, our students, faculty and staff are responding to the challenge with creativity and ingenuity—from figuring out how to teach and learn while wearing masks and separated by plexiglass, to adapting beloved traditions, such as Step Singing and Founders’ Day. Beyond campus, many of our alumnae serve on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19. As health care professionals, policy makers, community organizers, and more, these leaders make decisions every day to safeguard their communities.

As leaders, women are also increasingly making their voices heard in the efforts to protect our world against climate change and make our way of life more ethical and sustainable. Sweet Briar is increasingly recognized as an innovative and ideal place to learn about sustainability because of the ways in which our curriculum takes full advantage of our campus assets. Whether you’re in the midst of our forests and fields, our lakes and streams, our historic structures, or our vineyards, apiary, or greenhouse, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty learning about sustainability at Sweet Briar.

You can learn more about all these aspects of the College inside. And you can also read, in the 2019-2020 Honor Roll of Donors, the names of everyone who contributed to Sweet Briar this past year. I am so grateful for your support. Thanks to you, in the words of President McVea, “The possibilities of Sweet Briar are unlimited.”

Sincerely,

Meredith Woo President

Fall 2020, Vol. 90, No. 2

MAGAZINE

This magazine aims to present interesting and thought-provoking news about the College and its alumnae. Publication of the material does not indicate endorsement of the author’s viewpoint by the College. We reserve the right to edit and revise all material that we accept for publication. If you have a story idea or content to submit for publication, contact the editor, Amy Ostroth, at aostroth@sbc.edu.

Magazine Staff Amy Ostroth, Editor Clélie Steckel, Director of the Sweet Briar Fund SilverLining Design, Lead Design Cassie Foster Evans, Photographer Contributors: Katie Keogh ’88, Abby May, Dana Poleski ’98, Kathleen Placidi, Sybil Slate Contact Information Office of Communications P.O. Box 1052 Sweet Briar, VA 24595 434-381-6262 Office of Alumnae Relations and Development P.O. Box 1057 Sweet Briar, VA 24595 800-381-6131 Find Sweet Briar Online sbc.edu

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Thank you!

Note: All photos without masks or social distancing were taken prior to March 2020.

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The Future Is Green (and Pink)

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Fight, Grit and Love: 100 years of field hockey at Sweet Briar

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The Sweet Briar greenhouse is open, supplying food, facilitating community involvement and providing food security in the local area.

Soon, it will begin producing revenue in addition to vegetables.

Field hockey has a long and distinguished history at Sweet Briar and this year the program celebrates 100 years of excellence.

Making it Work

When COVID-19 arrived in March, we couldn’t have known the impact it would have on life around the world and at Sweet Briar, but throughout the pandemic, our community of faculty, staff and students has shown remarkable resiliency.

Emilie McVea: A zeal for service

Sweet Briar’s second president was an impressive woman who oversaw a number of crises during her nine-year tenure. She arguably set the standard for a “Sweet Briar Woman.”

Sweet Briar Alumnae Leading in the Fight Against COVID-19

Sweet Briar alumnae are known all over the world for being leaders, but that leadership has never been more important than now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly for alumnae in health care and safety.

Alumnae Ensure Continuation of a Bum Chum Tradition A group of alumnae recently helped the Bum Chums continue an important tradition: their red and white scarves.

Gift from Richard C. Colton, Jr., Kicks Off the Riding Program’s Second Century

The second century of riding at Sweet Briar is off to a great start due to the amazing generosity of Richard C. Colton, Jr., whose gift made it possible to renovate the College’s stables, which will now be named in honor of his mother, Howell Lykes Colton ’38.

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On the Quad Giving

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Agricultural Enterprise Fundraising Initiative Raised $2,100,000 Left to raise $936,000

If you’re interested in supporting agricultural initiatives at Sweet Briar, call 434-381-6131 or visit sbc.edu/give.

Bijou Barry ‘23 gathers produce in the greenhouse

THE FUTURE

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The rolling hills between Prothro Dining Hall and the Fitness and Athletic Center are no longer empty. Situated between the two, an embodiment of the College’s commitment to community health and academic innovation, is Sweet Briar’s new greenhouse. The 26,000-square-foot structure is where students, faculty and the community can experience food sustainability first-hand and learn the ins-and-outs of the food economy.

In this first year of greenhouse operations, the College is learning what the structure is capable of and the nuances of its environment as the seasons change. The first plants went in before Memorial Day, while some construction was still in progress, with each bay steadily filling up throughout the summer. In our efforts to work with, rather than against,

Virginia’s summer heat, plantings focused on more heat-tolerant plants like cucumbers, tomatoes, okra and basil. By August, as students returned to campus, the greenhouse was quickly filling up with multiple varieties of tomatoes— beefsteak, cherry, mountain merit, pink wonder, sakura and clementine—basil, cilantro, beets, cucumbers, carrots, okra, lettuce, swiss chard and squash. Through fall, winter and early spring, we will see the greenhouse’s real potential in action: extending the growing season.

Lisa Powell, associate professor of environmental studies and director of the Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability, has big plans for the greenhouse. “There are four goals for the year,” she says. “One is to supply food to Prothro for campus dining; two is to facilitate student and

Lisa Powell shows off the fruits of everyone’s labor

projects. “Agriculture Operations has redefined my perspective on the pedagogy of space,” says Bijou. “The ability to be in an environment with so much diversity, various climates and opportunity for growth is so endearing and exciting.

The class itself, and being in the greenhouse, has shaped my understanding of a living, learning and loving environment.”

In addition to being used by environmental science and sustainability classes, opportunities abound for involvement across numerous fields of study. Academic classes such as entomology, financial accounting and introductory biology will use the greenhouse for labs and projects. After all, the cross-disciplinary nature of the College’s curriculum is at the heart of the Sweet Briar experience.

Of course, Meriwether Godsey, the College’s dining services partner, has also been enthusiastically incorporating greenhouse produce into their menu, including every cucumber from what has come to be known as the “enchanted cucumber forest.” With such abundance, the students and campus community might never tire of fresh pesto and endless vegetables.

s e c i o V t Studen “I love being in the greenhouse, in general, it’s such a place of pure serenity.

Plus, Professor Powell is amazing.”

Camryn Fitts ’24

“I wanted to take an agriculture class and work in the greenhouse because I am really invested in sustainable systems.

I want to learn more about plants and agriculture because I’m going to major in environmental science. I would also like to grow some of my own food one day.”

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faculty involvement; three is to support food security in our community by supplying local food banks with fresh produce; and four is to begin generating revenue through produce sales, including potential initiatives like a community supported agriculture veggie box subscription or campus farm market.”

Multiple academic courses will take advantage of the greenhouse for educational and experiential activities beginning this semester. Lisa’s new class, Agricultural Operations, is affectionately known as the greenhouse class. It utilizes the vast indoor growing space throughout the fall and spring semesters. Students will not only focus on how to grow vegetables and herbs but also learn how to develop marketing plans to sell the produce.

“We are excited for students to be involved in all aspects of operating a greenhouse. In addition to providing them with an experiential learning opportunity, their creativity and enthusiasm will only increase what we are able to accomplish,” says Lisa.

Bijou Barry ’23 is involved in many of the College’s sustainability initiatives and works closely with Lisa on various

Camryn Fitts ’24 works in the greenhouse

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Fight, Grit and Love:

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Constance Applebee (second from left) with the 1950 field hockey team.

of field hockey at Sweet Briar

Sweet Briar really should have been able to celebrate 100 years of competitive field hockey in 2019. Alas, the first game—scheduled to take place on Dec. 6, 1919, against Westhampton College (now the University of Richmond)—had to be cancelled due to what the Briar Patch called the “extreme perversity of the weather” at Sweet Briar. Nearly a year later, the field hockey team took the field against Lynchburg College on Nov. 20, 1920, and dominated, winning the game 10-0. Just a few days later on Nov. 22, Sweet Briar was finally able to play the long-delayed game against Westhampton College, winning a thrilling match 3-2. Sweet Briar was a leader even then; those two games were the first women’s field hockey intercollegiate games to ever be played south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Field hockey had truly taken the College by storm and has continued to be played every year since then.

Field hockey was likely introduced to Sweet Briar by Constance Applebee, an English player and coach who traveled to women’s colleges around the U.S. to introduce the sport and give lessons. It is possible, however, that the sport might have been played before her visit. We know from our archives that Sweet Briar had plans to bring field hockey to campus almost a full decade before the first intercollegiate game was played. In 1910, the Briar Patch noted: “At last, the long-looked-for hockey field is in view.” By the end of the 1912-1913 school year, the hockey field ground, given as a gift to the College, was ready for play.

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The 1981 team at the American Intercollegiate Association for Women National Division III Field Hockey Championship

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Coach Crispen congratulates Tracy Stuart ’93 after a last-minute score for a win.

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In those early years, there was no intercollegiate competition at Sweet Briar, but there were a number of inter-class field hockey teams, including varsity, senior-sophomore, junior-freshman and more. The first intercollegiate games ever played by Sweet Briar—in field hockey and basketball—were scheduled in 1919. The students felt that a few competitions against outside colleges would be exciting and benefit the athletes, the sport and the College.

And that it has. In 1921, representatives from the Sweet Briar team traveled to Philadelphia to watch the all-English field hockey team play. Then, just a year later, the College sent some of its players there for a tournament. It was a noteworthy moment; the young Sweet Briar team was playing against experienced teams and well-respected schools like Harvard. That same year, a winter game between Sweet Briar and Bryn Mawr was likely the first contest between a northern and southern college.

Throughout the next decade, Sweet Briar played against teams including Hollins, William & Mary, Harrisonburg and Westhampton and the team and its players were beginning to be recognized for their excellence. In 1936, seven varsity players were invited to play for Virginia in the Southeast Tournament in Baltimore. Two of those players advanced from the Virginia team to the Southeast team.

In the 1940s, Constance again visited Sweet Briar. Her presence always brought a hardworking and committed attitude to the game and its athletes. Caroline Brandt ’49 played

field hockey for Sweet Briar and experienced Constance Applebee first-hand. “Applebee scared me to death. I played at a camp up north in Maine and met her then, and when I went to Sweet Briar I thought I was going to get away from her,” says Caroline jokingly. She recalls one time when Constance saw a girl chewing gum on the field. “She asked ‘What’s in your mouth?’ and the girl replied, ‘Chewing gum.’ Constance told the girl to take the gum out, put it on her stick and follow it down the field,” says Caroline. Although Constance may have been a tough coach, it’s leadership and strength like hers that set up the sport to achieve such success over a century of play at Sweet Briar.

Of course, the College had another important leader and field hockey coach: Jennifer Crispen, who began her Sweet Briar career in 1977 and coached field hockey until her passing in 2008. Indeed, Coach Crispen is one of the most wellknown contributors to athletics in the College’s history. For Crispen—as almost everyone called her—field hockey was a true passion, but she also spent many years coaching lacrosse for the Vixens and you can’t talk to alumnae who played either sport (or any other!) without hearing about Crispen.

Crispen knew well the importance of Sweet Briar’s history.

Tracy Stuart ’93 spent her four years at Sweet Briar learning from the legendary coach and remembers Crispen showing her the 1919 team picture and reminding the team that they had a legacy to uphold. “It's important to note that Sweet Briar College attracted not just academic students, but also female athletes,” Tracy says. “Field hockey is a strong, athletic game—and it isn't an easy game to master. One-hundred consecutive years of field hockey competition at the College is an important milestone. It represents 100 years of determined female athletes coming to Sweet Briar with a desire and heart to compete.”

For many, playing for Coach Crispen remains an important part of their Sweet Briar experience. Alice Dixon ’82, also a four-year field hockey player for Crispen, remembers an especially difficult game against Old Dominion University in 1978. “It was, and still remains, the only time our schools competed against each other in hockey,” Alice says. “ODU was a formidable team, and I suspect that they agreed to play us only because they thought it would be an easy win. Well, Sweet Briar prevailed! The final score was 2-1 with goals

by True Dow ’80 and Marian Galleher ’81. This was a huge upset; the biggest of my four years as a player. They were a national powerhouse hockey dynasty. I love to say that they never played us again because they were afraid they’d lose again!” In 1981, Crispen coached the team all the way to the American Intercollegiate Association for Women National

Field Hockey Motto:

Brick by Brick

Coach Lott: “It was during 2015-2017 that we established our motto ‘Brick by Brick.’ We knew we were building the foundation for years to come. We quickly came to realize that we first needed to dig the foundation before laying our first brick that anyone could see. Laying our first brick above ground came in 2018 with a home opener win against Lancaster Bible College.

We rang those bells! And rang and rang and rang those bells! We took back what was ours, and we shared with the world the hard work we had been doing for years while Sweet Briar landed on her feet again.”

Division III Field Hockey Championship. To get there, the team had to qualify through a tough regional tournament alongside 13 other teams. “I remember that while we lost our two games, we played very well and held our own against some very strong and talented teams,” Alice recalls.

Field hockey is the only sport at Sweet Briar that has played continuously. “That says a lot about the program,” says Tracy. “Women wanted to play this sport during the 1920s, 1940s, 1960s, 1990s and on. It drew tough individuals to Sweet Briar to play this sport—individuals who weren't scared of getting hit by a hard, plastic ball flying 75 miles an hour.”

The attempted closure in 2015 affected Sweet Briar athletics greatly, including field hockey. When classes stated in the fall of that year, many athletes played multiple sports, personally recruiting friends and other athletes so that the College’s teams could continue to play.

The relentless fight of the field hockey players to continue their legacy speaks to the character of the Sweet Briar woman. “One hundred years is especially sweet,” says Alice.

“Following the failed attempt to close the College, our number of students fell dramatically, but President [Phillip] Stone knew how important it was for the future of athletics to retain its NCAA and ODAC memberships. This meant that it was critical to field teams without any interruption.”

Current field hockey coach Hannah Lott knows how special those players are. “The players from 2015 to 2017—

known for their drive to rebuild their sport—are a special kind,” she says. “They had the fight in their spirit, the grit in their gut and the love for their school that allowed them to sacrifice for Sweet Briar. These were the students who fought for their College, their classmates and their teams.

Students from all teams tried new sports just to give their teammates the chance to play.”

Of course, this year’s team has been faced with a global pandemic, but they remain determined to succeed. In the spring, they did virtual workouts. These days, they’re training on campus, even if they don’t know what the future holds. “Right now we aren’t sure what game we are training for next,” says Coach Lott. “But we know we are training to leave our mark.”

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Missy Ackerman ’87 takes a shot

Rosemary Austin ’21: “When I came in as a first-year, the team consisted of first-time players, softball players and experienced field hockey players. The amount of resilience and perseverance was immense.

With arms taped to sticks and legs wrapped-up tight, we would go into games and put our whole heart into playing, even when we knew that by the end there would be no goal to show all our effort. Over the last three years, that hard work has paid off.

We now know the pride of keeping winning streaks against the very teams that we used to lose to. The team has built itself up brick by brick and is finally ready for the next layer of joining a league.”

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Cannie Crysler Shafer ’78 (second from right) with her classmates at reunion in 2013. In addition to being a member of the hall of fame, Cannie was the first recipient of the Crylser Award. Named after Cannie, it is one of Sweet Briar’s most prestigious awards. It honors an outstanding four-year varsity athlete or rider who has demonstrated continuous commitment, sportsmanship and achievement in sport.

Clearly, today’s field hockey players are no less committed than those of 100 years ago. “Being on the field hockey team means that I am the example that everyone on campus looks to,” says Rosemary Austin ’21. “It also means that we are a family, and just like a family, we don't always get along.

However, a family also has your back when it really matters and will teach you the skills that allow you to grow. They will hold you accountable, show concern when you're troubled and give you support when you need it most. That's why the field hockey team has been the backbone of Sweet Briar's culture for a long time now and the example that everyone looks up to.”

Alexis “AJ” Jones ’21 moves down the field

Like her teammate, Alexis “AJ” Jones ’21 feels the importance of her team’s history at Sweet Briar. “Women worked hard to constantly keep this sport going even when there were little or few players to keep the foundation alive,” she says. “I admire these women who came into the program open minded and determined to keep this sport going for future generations to come.”

Coach Lott knows the determination of her players well.

“When the game knocked them down, they taped themselves up and got back on the field,” she says. “With tape flying,

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In the fall of 2009, Sweet Briar College dedicated Thayer Field as home to the Vixen field hockey team. The field is named for Hall of Fame member Mildred “Bee” Newman Thayer ’61 and her husband Brad, because of their generous support of Sweet Briar, particularly its athletic program.

Bee was a biology major and athlete and has been described as Bee Thayer at her home having a practical, forthright approach. She was class treasurer in her first and second years at Sweet Briar. She was also a member of the Judicial Board, the YWCA, the Athletic Association and the QVs. Bee has been a tireless volunteer for the College. She has served as a Reunion Gifts Chair for her class, national

reunion giving chair and alumnae fund chair. She was the alumnae fund chair for the alumnae association and in 1994, Sweet Briar named her its recipient of The National Network on Women Philanthropists’ Award of Excellence.

She and Brad served on the college’s Campaign Advisory Council.

In 1994, Bee was named the Outstanding Alumnae Award recipient—along with her sister, Ginger. She was inducted into the Sweet Briar Hall of Fame in 2006. Indeed the whole family is woven into the fabric of Sweet Briar. A niece, Trista, graduated in 1995. Another niece, Meredith Newman ‘09, is currently coach of the Sweet Briar lacrosse team.

Bee and Ginger’s father, J. Wilson Newman, was a member of the Sweet Briar Board of Directors. When presenting the Outstanding Alumnae Award, President Barbara Hill noted that the sisters were “prime examples of the caring and dedication that make Sweet Briar the very special place it is.”

Field Hockey Members of Sweet Briar’s Hall of Fame

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Anna Chao Pai ’57 Cannie Crysler Shafer ’78 Mildred “Bee” Newman Thayer ’61 Mary Jane Schroder Oliver Hubbard ’62 (coach)

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Cara Gascoigne (coach)

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Jennifer Crispen (coach)

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Sally True Dow-Datilio ’80

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Missy Ackerman ’87 (player and coach)

Obviously, the game isn’t the same as it was a 100 years ago. “It has become a fast-pass game that requires goalies to stop plays rather than just stopping goals, and there has been a big push to bring the ball off the ground,” says Rosemary. “Due to the changes that have taken place, sticks and goalie gear have become lighter to accommodate the speed of the game. It has also made grass fields a hindrance to the new playing style.”

Being a student-athlete on any level is demanding and requires a strong work ethic paired with a desire to improve.

Sometimes, that means making certain concessions that a typical college student may not have to make.

For the field hockey team, one of those concessions is finding a turf field to play and practice on. “Their skill, cohesiveness and ability to move increases greatly when on turf,” says Coach Lott. “The team spends 50% of their time practicing away from Sweet Briar so they can practice on a surface meant for field hockey,” she continues.

“These athletes are committed. Since we are not on our property, practices can start as early as 6 a.m. and end as late as 10 p.m. These times put strain on the athletes, mentally and physically, as their sleep, dining, social and study schedules are affected. All of the athletes have decided it is worth the cost in order to get time on turf.” fall 2020

sweat dripping, down numbers on the field and on the scoreboard, they said, ‘We are going to get back out there and play with all of our might! Because when I come back in 20 years, I want to see the field hockey team competing and competing with pride!’”

And just like Crispen did when she talked to Tracy Stuart about the College’s earliest players, Coach Lott also knows that her team stands on the shoulders of those who came before. “Since Crispen’s death, and again since 2015, we have been fighting tooth and nail to prove ourselves,” she says.

Each year, the team strives to improve their record and increase the talent pool of the roster. Coach Lott imagines a future where the College hosts preseason tournaments and is a space for youth and adult hockey leagues to play. “I imagine the future of hockey at Sweet Briar to be a vibrant one and that Sweet Briar becomes the hockey hub it once was. The growth of field hockey at Sweet Briar will mean the growth, sustainability and increased prestige of the College.”

Bring on the next century, Vixens. You’ve got this.

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Pauli Born '22 (left) and Annika Kuleba '22 spend time in a residence hall room

Making It Work

When 2019-2020 academic year began, we could not have predicted that we would face a worldwide pandemic before the spring break, but like so many other schools, Sweet Briar had to make the decision to shift to distance learning in March. It was a true make-it-work moment.

Students and faculty had to re-imagine the Sweet Briar experience.

Everyone became experts in Zoom, Google Meet and Canvas, the College’s online learning platform. The Office of Admissions developed ways for prospective students to visit campus virtually. The Student Government Association held online meetings. Faculty created video lessons. Hands-on learning was done with whatever students had on hand at home. The Athletics Department offered online yoga and dance classes.

And although we returned to on-campus life in August, nothing is quite the same as it was, and we must still find creative ways to keep our promise to students.

Whether we’re apart or together, the Sweet Briar community has brought creative ideas and a resilient spirit to bear. In fact, some of the creative ideas we’ve implemented have been so successful, they may continue even after things go back to normal—whatever that might look like.

Hands-on learning is a hallmark of the Sweet Briar experience. But how to you get hands-on when everyone is off campus?

Bethany Brinkman did just that for her Engineering Design in the Community class, which took place during the spring 3-week session.

In the class, students engineer a solution to a problem for an external

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client. Normally, the clients and projects are pre-selected and students are together in a lab, but the pandemic shifted the needs of the clients. Likewise, the students—by now spread all over the country—had access to different tools than if they’d been in the classroom.

Bethany asked students to identify what kind of work space they had. Did they have a garage to spread out in or did they just have their bedroom floor? Did they have access to any specialty tools or equipment or did they have just a screwdriver at home? Based on the student responses, Bethany put teams together to ensure that everyone would have access to the tools that they needed to complete their projects.

“For example,” Bethany told us, “the student with a machine shop was tasked with building a console table that integrated with two dog crates, and the student with a sewing machine worked on a specialty light and sound-insulating tent for military personnel on deployment.” For the most part, students were tasked to work with what they already had, but if they needed additional supplies, Bethany placed an order through the students’ local stores and the items were either delivered directly to the students or they did curbside pickup.

One project worth particular mention is the dog-walkers device. “The family of one of our then-sophomores regularly volunteers to walk dogs for the elderly in their neighborhood. With physical distancing required because of the pandemic and the extra vulnerability of the elderly dog owners, they needed some way to be able to hand off a dog’s leash/treats/notes while still being six feet apart.” For this team, the sophomore and her family were the clients, and a student in the class designed a device that ended up being essentially a grabber. “The student who worked on the project had four dogs herself, and was able to do some really exceptional product testing and data collection as she de-

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signed, tested and perfected the finished product,” Bethany told us.

Although it isn’t what Bethany or her students would have wished, there were definitely some positives about the experience. “The most pleasant surprise was that students were more independent and engaged than we expected,” said Bethany.

Dancing at a Distance

At the beginning of last year, the Office of Student Life implemented a robust plan of extracurricular activities like cooking classes, sign language and yoga. The idea, of course, was to enhance the quality of life for students on campus and give them value-added things to do when they weren’t in class. One of the classes, Dance N Motion taught by Cortney Lewandowski ’12, was a high-energy Zumba-style class that provides a total body cardio and aerobic workout.

It was really starting to take off before spring break, but then COVID hit.

Despite the distance caused by the pandemic, Cortney and Samantha Bickel, the facility coordinator for the FAC, wanted to find a way to keep the class going so that students could remain engaged and active while they were home and in quarantine.

They set up a Google Meet and Cortney taught the class for about four weeks. “I cleared out my living room to make space so as not to break any of my own belongings and set up my music with speakers and a laptop,” she says. “I never imagined myself having to ever teach from home. I think many students and even alumnae appreciated the opportunity to still feel the engagement of activities without being on campus.”

Because the class was online, alumnae who don’t live near campus were able to participate and Cortney enjoyed being able to share her love of dance with more members of the

Asha Stewart ‘21 takes a photo in the butterfly garden during Medford Taylor’s photography class

Sweet Briar community. “I connected with many more students and alumnae who wished this was a class that happened all the time,” she observed. “It was a great feeling knowing that everyone was enjoying themselves. Staying active and healthy during times like these is important. It is a great stress reliever as well. We were able to reach people as far as Buffalo, New York, Bedford, Texas and Florida.”

for students, like buzzfile.com and upkey.com. And, they’ve been doing a lot of virtual appointments and screen shares.

“That’s not what we would have thought of before COVID,” says Barb, “But it turns out that it helps us serve more students in a more efficient way.” During a virtual session, Barb and Baylee can see the students’ screens and tell them exactly where to click. Automated calendaring of sessions has made it easy for students to sign up for help, and no travel time means that students can have a session right before or after class or practice, making the sessions even more efficient.

One of the most creative ideas Barb and Baylee had was to make a game out of the senior year job and grad school searches. They broke the searches into small pieces so that it was easy for students “level up” when they completed one part of the search and moved on to another. In addition to that, they’ve created a course in Canvas and a Facebook page, added resources to their website, and hosted a career exploration group using the book You Majored in What?

Designing your Path from College to Career by Katherine Brooks. The traditional senior survey is now online and students who complete it are still rewarded with a brightly colored Sweet Briar coffee mug.

To make it easy to sign up for virtual events, QR codes are on printed posters around campus. Obviously, there have been dozens, if not hundreds, of virtual events to choose from and sometimes virtual events have some real benefits.

For one thing, they can be recorded, so that even if a student can’t attend, they can review the sessions at a time more convenient for them. Likewise, full-day fairs like the Federal Career Expo, were often prohibitive for both students and agencies—after all, not everyone can take a full day or more to travel, attend and return home. This year, however, the expo was broken into multiple sections on topics like creating a federal resume, how to navigate the federal jobs website, working on Capitol Hill and beyond, and how to use a liberal arts major to get a job in the federal government. Because traveling isn’t an issue, more agencies can be

Finding What Comes Next

Finding a job or graduate school has always been a key part of the student experience at Sweet Briar and supporting those searches keeps the staff in the Sweet Briar Career Services Center very busy. Before the pandemic, staff spent more than 1,000 hours each year meeting with students to teach them how to put together a resume, make sure their LinkedIn profiles were up to date, find and interview for jobs and negotiate a salary. The staff hosted and transported students to job and graduate school fairs, helped review personal statements and cover letters, ensured students were able to network with alumnae and much more. But is that kind of one-on-one attention possible during a pandemic and quarantine?

You bet. In some cases, it’s even better.

Despite the distance brought on by the pandemic, Barb Watts, the director of the career services center, was determined to offer the same level of care and personal attention as before and has brought all kinds of creative ideas to bear to ensure it. “We really knew back in March that we would lose the window of programming in spring semester, so that’s when we moved to a Career Dash model,” she told us.

“Career Dash” is a spoof of DoorDash, an online food delivery service. “We were trying to meet students where they were and bring career services to their doors,” said Barb.

Barb and Career Services Associate Baylee Anne Worth ’18 put together a one-page list of resources to help students with everything from graduate school prep to networking with alumnae. They spent a lot of time finding free resources

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represented because representatives can just dial in from their offices. The chat feature allows more questions to get answered. And ultimately, students have access to organizations that might not have come to campus because Sweet Briar is small.

One other benefit? People are more open to virtual exploratory conversations. Barb has found that there is a lot of compassion for students who are trying to find work. Alumnae are more willing than ever before to talk to students and geography is even less of a burden.

“It’s really been about creating new pathways for students to learn about what we do,” says Barb. She also been relying heavily on her colleagues at other schools. “Since we went remote in March, I’ve been meeting with colleagues at The University of Lynchburg and Randolph College. The Virginia Association of Colleges and Employers has put together a monthly directors meeting to do idea sharing,” she says.

The best piece of advice that Barb has for job seekers is to remember that the pandemic is only temporary. “Keep focused on the long-range view of what you want to do professionally and take steps in that direction,” she says.

“Employers will understand if experiences don’t take place in in-person settings. There are lots of free online training opportunity that will help you gain skills that will be marketable in whatever area you go into. A liberal arts education will be more important than ever because it teaches students to be flexible.”

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In addition to finding creative ways to teach, learn and engage our community from a distance, the current pandemic has led to one other positive change at Sweet Briar: an onsite health clinic.

For the last few years, it was more financially feasible for the College to build partnerships with medical services off campus, but returning to campus during a pandemic meant that health services needed to be available on campus.

Within weeks of deciding that the fall 2020 semester would be conducted on campus, Athletics Director Jodi Canfield, who is heading up the College’s COVID-19 Task Force, and Vice President for Finance, Operations and Auxiliary Enterprises Luther Griffith had reviewed possible on-campus locations and interviewed three architectural and construction firms. Ultimately, the lower level of Memorial Chapel was selected the best location because it has plenty of space and easy access for emergency vehicles. Given the necessity to complete the $500,000 renovation quickly, the location gave the College the best chance for success. The new clinic opened on Oct. 6.

Upon entering the new clinic, students are greeted by a

large, open waiting area. Also near the front door: a 24/7 telehealth room that students can access using their Sweet Briar ID card. In addition to three exam rooms, there is a separate entrance and additional exam room for people who may have been exposed to COVID-19. The new clinic has enough space to support the health of up to 700 students.

The clinic provides health care only for students, except in the case of a need for COVID-19 testing. Any member of the campus community may be tested for COVID-19 at the health clinic. The health clinic is staffed by a nurse as part of a partnership between Sweet Briar and HealthWorks, Central Virginia’s only comprehensive occupational health and workplace wellness provider. As part of Centra, the partnership with HealthWorks ensures that Sweet Briar has access to the best medical expertise available in the area.

Of course, all student health needs can be met by the new center, not simply those related to COVID-19. Horizon Behavioral Health, which has been supporting student mental health at Sweet Briar for several years, also operates out of the clinic. The clinic accepts student insurance for care.

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In addition to the health clinic, there have been other changes at Sweet Briar because of the pandemic.

One of the biggest additions is COVID captains. These student leaders have volunteered to help keep themselves and their classmates safe by checking students in and out of events and doing temperature and other symptom checks.

The captains also ensure that everyone is following social distancing and facial covering guidelines. “COVID captains were a result of the many discussions between the Student

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Task Force during summer 2020,” says Reesa Artz ’22, a COVID captain and president of the Campus Events Organization. “They include many student leaders on campus, including class officers, SGA cabinet and executive board members, and trained student volunteers. All COVID captains have gone through proper training to ensure students attending campus approved events are correctly and safely following appropriate COVID-19 guidelines set forth by the Student Events Committee.”

Sydney Campbell ’21, who is president of the Inter-Club Council and a COVID captain thinks the system is working well. “Personally, I believe that this system is wonderful,” she says. “It allows students to still have events on campus while also taking measures for the community’s health and safety.”

Sydney and Reesa both say that students have been open to the idea of COVID captains and are behaving responsibly. “I think that most of us on campus are thankful to be here, but understand that in order to keep each other safe, we must undertake necessary changes, like having additional health and safety measures at campus events,” Reesa says.

Director of Student Engagement Jess Austin says students are embracing the changes. “They understand why there is an event approval process where I can review their events in advance for COVID guidelines and provide general event planning feedback,” she told us. “It’s led to better planning and marketing overall because they’re forced to start early.

We actually will be keeping the event approval process moving forward, even once COVID is less of a threat.”

Many of the traditional events have been able to take place this fall, though with adjustments. Opening convocation was held outside in the Dell. Although it was August and a little warm outside, every member of the community was able to

attend and enjoy the beauty of our stunning campus. SGA was able to successfully host Step Singing too, and many of the key aspects were the same. “SGA was able to do this by being creative and flexible,” Sydney says. “I find that the students and the College have been finding many ways to be creative and flexible during this time, and I am interested to see what we can come up with next.”

Reesa says was impressed by the Founders’ Day Dance, which was held outside in front of the library. And as a dancer at Sweet Briar, she’s so far been pleased with the balance of safety and learning as part of that program. “All dancers have been given an N95 mask that is to be heated in an oven once a week to remove any germs on it,” she says. “In the dance rooms, UV lights are turned on after every class to purify the air. While our dance concert, at least for the fall, will not be live, we will be having a live, video showing of our pieces!”

SGA president Madeleine McAllister ’21 agrees with her classmates even as she acknowledges the difficulty of the circumstances. “It is hard to see the place that I love look so different. At the end of the day, it’s about being a responsible citizen and the students have proven that they are willing to make sacrifices to their traditional Sweet Briar experience for the sake of being here and being safe. I am immensely proud of the students. I see students purposely choosing to stay on campus, following COVID guidelines, volunteering, being respectful to others’ needs, organizing events on campus for their peers on the weekends and advocating for the safety and wellbeing of Sweet Briar.”

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Reesa Artz ’22 and Sydney Campbell ’21 paint pumpkins during Oktoberfest

Although there have been some good things about the pandemic, in terms of career services, one thing has been a challenge: internships, which have long been a hallmark of the Sweet Briar experience. If you have or work for a business that could create a virtual internship program, please reach out to Barb Watts at bwatts@sbc.edu or 434381-6465. Even if you can’t offer a paid internship, one for course credit and job experience can be invaluable to a Sweet Briar student.

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Although much of the spring and summer at Sweet Briar was spent addressing the changes wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, that wasn’t the only thing the College was working on. The College also launched a series of online summer sessions. It wasn’t just students who could take classes online; the extended Sweet Briar community could as well. The classes could be taken for credit or audited.

Several first-year students used the time to get the true feel of being a Sweet Briar student prior to arriving in the fall. Erica Smith ’24 says, “I loved how, as a new student, I could get a hang of the classes and get a taste of the experience of being a Sweet Briar woman. It made me much more excited to arrive on campus and start classes because, even through the computer, I had a small taste of the freedom and empowerment that is so well known about our education here Sweet Briar. But instead of only hearing about it, I got to live it.”

Six courses were offered from mid-June through late July, including two classes from the leadership core curriculum: Women and Gender in the World and STEM in Soci-

ety. Other courses included Magic and Witchcraft in the Ancient World, Modern Middle East, Introduction to American Government and Adapting for Diverse Learners in Education.

Assistant engineering professor Michelle Gervasio taught STEM in Society and felt that were some benefits to the courses being online. “I really enjoyed working through the challenges of how to design experiments that everyone could do with things they had around the house but were still up to the usual standards of rigor expected during more typical in-person terms,” Michelle said. “I also really enjoyed how the very small class size helped to facilitate conversation whenever a subjective question of ethics or philosophy inevitably came up.”

Associate professor of art history Kimberly Morse-Jones, who taught Women and Gender in The World, says she hopes the College offers summer courses again in the future. “I've been teaching for 15 years, and this summer session was by far one of my most memorable experiences as a professor,” she said.

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Earlier this summer, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts completed the purchase of the Mt. San Angelo estate from Sweet Briar College. The purchase includes 410 acres of land and all of the buildings at Mt. San Angelo, which has served as the home of VCCA’s artist residency program for 42 years.

VCCA approached Sweet Briar in the spring of 2019 with the proposal to purchase the land it was leasing from the College and to have a permanent home.

VCCA was established in 1971 as a retreat for writers, visual artists and composers to have the privacy and focus that is so necessary to their work.

It moved from its original location in Charlottesville, Va., to Mt. San Angelo in 1978. Since then, VCCA has hosted thousands of working writers, visual artists and composers. VCCA intends to maintain the pastoral nature of Mt. San Angelo so that it will continue to be a place of

quiet contemplation for the Fellows in residence there.

“We are grateful to Sweet Briar College, which has made the property available to us for 42 years, and we couldn’t be more pleased to be in a position to make Mt. San Angelo our permanent home—across the street from our long-time partner.

This partnership has strengthened both institutions over the years, and VCCA looks forward to continuing this relationship,” said VCCA Executive Director Kevin O’Halloran.

“Although VCCA is closed temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be busy over the next several months making improvements to the buildings and grounds so that we can welcome Fellows back during 2021, our fiftieth anniversary year.”

VCCA is one of the few artist residencies in the country affiliated with an institution of higher learning. VCCA Fellows in residence have full access to the recreational and

cultural opportunities provided by the College, and indeed, the artists themselves often provide cultural opportunities to students and the Sweet Briar community. “ The arts are at the heart of the liberal arts tradition at Sweet Briar,” Sweet Briar President Meredith Woo said. “We understand and support VCCA’s desire to own the facilities and land that it has called its home.

The relationship between the two institutions is exceptionally strong, and we look forward to further nurturing the ties across Highway 29.”

The relationship between the two organizations includes events, seminars and classes. One such class is the Fellows Studio, which is a part of Sweet Briar’s leadership core curriculum and brings VCCA Fellows to campus to teach a class during each of the College’s three-week sessions.

VCCA is also an integral part of Sweet Briar’s Center for Creativity, Design and the Arts.

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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts purchases Mt. San Angelo property from Sweet Briar College

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On a Roll: Sweet Briar receives praise and

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Over the spring and summer, Sweet Briar received a wealth of positive attention across major media outlets both regionally and nationally.

From Sweet Briar’s success after the attempted closure five years ago to reopening safely during the pandemic, the College has received a remarkable amount of attention despite these uncertain times.

President Meredith Woo wrote two op-eds about the impact of the pandemic on higher education. Her first op-ed, “ Ties that bind rural America,” appeared in The Richmond Times-Dispatch. In it, she shared her perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic could drastically affect colleges like Sweet Briar and their local communities. She explained, “By supporting rural colleges, we can support rural America.”

President Woo’s second op-ed, “A one-size-fits-all solution could be fatal to U.S. colleges,” was printed in the Washington Examiner. She

explored the complex issues that large universities and small colleges would face if required to adhere to identical reopening plans. “I have little doubt that American colleges and universities will lead the way in finding new solutions for how we learn, live, work and relate to each other in the age of pandemics,” she wrote.

Perhaps the most significant media coverage occurred was Susan Svrluga’s article in the Washington Post. Susan has followed Sweet Briar’s story for over five years and has written several articles about the College’s history, growth and development. Her most recent feature article—"This college is tiny and isolated. For some students during the pandemic, that sounds perfect”—explored Sweet Briar’s ability to meet the health and safety needs of its students and community, and showcased the benefits of the College’s extensive campus, small classes and ability to offer single rooms to every student. “Many of the school’s

pastimes can be pandemic-friendly,” Susan wrote in the article. For the article, Susan interviewed Tatum Wallis, a junior from Denver, who said, “On a loop around campus, there’s one stretch in the woods where the trees are so tall, it’s almost like perfect peace. The whole campus tends to be like that—you look around and you feel safe. You feel home.”

Sweet Briar was also featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, “Welcome to Want to read President the Socially Woo’s op-eds for yourDistanced self? You can find them Campus.” on our website: The article sbc.edu/president/ highlighted thought-leadership the College’s plans for managing dining services and operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sweet Briar’s plan—developed in conjunction with our dining service provider, Meriwether Godsey—was

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An article in U.S. News & World Report, “ The College Experience This Fall: What to Expect,” noted the differences between colleges as they shifted from in-person to online classes during the spring semester and explored how education would continue to be different in the fall.

Sweet Briar was featured for its ability to offer a single room to any student who wanted one. The College was also praised in University Business for its spacious campus, 8-to-1 student-to-professor ratio and the ability to offer a fall semester with a greater sense of normalcy.

A Richmond-Times Dispatch article, “A significant hit: Small colleges in

Virginia rely on close-knit community to weather COVID-19,” highlighted the uncertainty that so many colleges in Virginia faced due to the pandemic.

With a number of potential financial and safety issues, many colleges were preparing for a year full of unknowns.

In the article, President Woo observed that Sweet Briar’s size provided the ability to better prepare and monitor our community. “Because we have always been small, it’s a lot easier to make sure that we keep track of our students, which then makes it easier for us to—at some personal level, and not just at a technological level—do the contact tracing and make sure we know where our students are,” she said.

In addition to these feature news stories and op-eds on our ability to reopen safety, the Roanoke Times

published an editorial about Sweet Briar’s remarkable (but not surprising) comeback since the attempted closure in 2015. Dwayne Yancey focused on the College’s strengths and the strategic moves its leadership has made in the recent past to reset tuition and restructure the academic curriculum. The editorial noted that alumnae support and donations continue to rise and the College was able to safely welcome students back to campus during the pandemic. “ This is actually an incredible situation where we can say with true credibility, we are safe, we are healthful, we are smart,” President Woo said.

You can find these news stories—and more—on our news site at sbc.edu/news.

Sweet Briar College shifts the endowment of its study abroad program in France to support global programming embracing more effective ways, other than the traditional study abroad programs, to expose its students to the dynamism of a global cultural experience. “Global exposure for students has been shifting from spending an entire academic year or semester in a foreign country to more rapid immersion activities, global internships and study in Europe and elsewhere,” said President Meredith Woo. Sweet Briar College has two three-week terms built into its calendar that are uniquely suited for an immersive study abroad.

To that end, the proceeds from the endowments will now be used for the benefit of Sweet Briar students taking the College’s three-week term at the residence in Auvillar, France, that is owned by the Virginia Center for the

Creative Arts. The three-week courses in Auvillar will be taught by Sweet Briar faculty and demonstrate the benefits of the College’s close relationship with VCCA. In addition to the experience at Auvillar, the funds will be used for other global studies trips organized by Sweet Briar faculty during the threeweek term to various parts of the world and to support global internships that enable Sweet Briar students to have a truly immersive experience abroad.

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Sweet Briar College has decided to reposition the endowments associated with its study abroad program, known as Junior Year in France, and instead offer more global educational opportunities to its students.

Sweet Briar’s junior year abroad program in France is among the oldest and most venerable of such programs in the country. Its endowment has largely supported students through scholarships. In recent years, the support has gone mostly to students from colleges other than Sweet Briar, as the number of Sweet Briar students interested in the French language and culture has dwindled.

Now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic that has led to suspension of study abroad programs in France and elsewhere, Sweet Briar College is

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Sweet Briar College has once again been named as one of the nation’s Most Innovative Schools, according to the 2021 Best Colleges rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Sweet Briar tied for 24th place with Bryn Mawr, Middlebury and two other institutions in the National Liberal Arts College category.

The University of Richmond is the only other school in Virginia to make the list.

This is the second time in three years that Sweet Briar has been singled out for this distinction, in recognition of its academic and institutional innovations.

For over a century, Sweet Briar College has educated women who have gone on to serve as pillars of their families, communities, and societies, exercising a particularly democratic form of leadership that is collaborative, supportive and ethical. Today, Sweet Briar is building on this educational legacy to redefine leadership for the 21st century, in which women will increasingly lead the way forward.

In the past two years, Sweet Briar has created and honed its new leadership core curriculum, whose 10 courses are

designed to give its students the knowledge and skills they will need to understand global environmental and technological challenges and devise solutions to them that are socially, politically and economically sustainable.

In educating the next generation of women leaders who can meet the demands of the new century, Sweet Briar brings many assets. Its 2,800-acre campus, one of the largest and most beautiful in the nation, is a natural canvas and laboratory for the academic program.

It contains lakes, vineyards, an apiary, wildflower meadows, a state-of-the art 26,000-square-foot greenhouse and the Sweet Briar College Historic District, comprised of 21 Georgian Revival academic and residential buildings. The College’s award-winning riding program is one of the oldest equestrian programs in the country, and its engineering program is one of only two ABET-accredited engineering programs at a women’s college in the nation.

The President Woo, said, “Sweet Briar’s selection as one of the most innovative colleges recognizes its ability to foster

and educate women leaders who will be able to conserve and steward our world in creative, responsible and sustainable ways. By extension, this recognition is also an affirmation of the creative possibilities inherent within the time-honored tradition of the liberal arts.”

Sweet Briar’s ranking was determined by top academics who participated in U.S. News & World Report’s annual peer assessment survey conducted in the spring and summer of 2020. College presidents, provosts and admissions deans were asked to nominate up to 15 colleges or universities in their respective ranking categories that are making the most innovative improvements in terms of curriculum, faculty, students, campus life, technology or facilities. A school had to receive seven or more nominations to be listed. U.S. News & World Report states that the top-ranked schools are those the public should be watching because of the cutting-edge changes they are making on their campuses.

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Alumnae College Goes Virtual Alumnae College returned this year with two weekend sessions highlighting three courses in the College’s leadership core curriculum. The six core classes offered covered a variety of different subjects:

“Each class was unique and the variety of topics was fascinating,” says Barbara Conner ’85. “I signed up for all the classes because I was curious about the range of disciplines our students have access to these days.

During the Alumnae College classes, we weren’t just sitting there for an hour-long lecture. There was a lot of discussion, some video, some inter-

active polling, etc., to keep students engaged. Each class was a stand-alone session, but you could see how the professors would weave the information from class to class for their students. I was impressed by the depth and breadth of the professors’ knowledge. They were engaging, interesting and interactive in compelling ways. It makes you want to go back to college!”

Overall, our dedicated alumnae had rave reviews for this year’s virtual Alumnae College and enjoyed attending the various sessions. Attending the core classes transported our Vixens back to their days on campus. Those who attended received a real glimpse into what it’s like to be a student today.

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CORE 130: Women and Gender in the World taught by Kimberly Morse Jones CORE 140: Sustainable Systems taught by Lisa Powell CORE 160: STEM in Society taught by John Morrissey CORE 170: Decisions in a Data-Driven World taught by Steven Loftus CORE 180: Dollars and Sense taught by August Hardy CORE 210: Contemporary Ethical Questions taught by Chris Penfield

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Though only in their second year, the Sweet Briar vineyards have done exceptionally well and proved hardy through the challenging frost this past spring. Earlier in the year, we started to hear that there would be enough grapes for a small harvest. You can imagine the anticipation! There would be enough Cabernet Sauvignon grapes for Meriwether Godsey Chef Wray Warner to make jelly and saba to use in campus dining and for special occasions.

We knew roughly when the grapes would be ready: some-

time in early October. But, the exact date was determined by the weather. “We knew for several weeks that we’d have some clusters ready to harvest,” said Lisa Powell, director of the Center for Human and Environmental Sustainability. “We worked with the vineyard manager and waited for just the right time: after rain and before much danger of frost. October 2 turned out to be the perfect day.

On that day, Lisa, along with Gary Canfield, business project manager, set up a harvesting station in the vineyard

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and welcomed the students who answered the call to help with the harvest. They streamed through the vineyards along Stable Road toward the green barn where the Cabernet Sauvignon is growing.

Scales, baskets, clippers and plenty of hand sanitizer adorned the harvesting station. The harvest crew went through an orientation on proper cluster cutting and fruit culling, plus general and COVID safety. Ready to roll, the students grabbed their tools and dispersed through the vineyard. “ They spent about an hour and a half harvesting the grapes,” says Lisa. “They worked alone, in pairs or in trios. As they filled baskets, they brought them to the station to be weighed and recorded. Most of them picked up empty baskets and went back out multiple times. They

sampled a bit along the way, and some were surprised by how sweet the grapes were.”

The students enjoyed themselves in the vineyard, while learning something about the intricate, and often repetitive, workings of maintaining such an operation. Many grape selfies were taken!

Once the harvest was complete, all 262 pounds of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes were delivered directly to Chef Wray at Prothro on the back of two pick-up trucks. The chef got straight to work processing the entire harvest, making the first batches of Sweet Briar Cabernet Sauvignon jelly and saba (a grape must reduction) to use as condiments, sauces, dressings and marinades.

Cheers to the future of the Sweet Briar vineyard.

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hey worked alone, in pairs or in trios. As they filled baskets, they brought T them to the station to be weighed and recorded. Most of them picked up empty baskets and went back out multiple times. They sampled a bit along the way, and some were surprised by how sweet the grapes were.”

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HISTORY

EMILIE

McVEA: A zeal for service

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In May 1925, the Times Dispatch in Richmond announced that Meta Glass would succeed Emilie Watts McVea as president of Sweet Briar College. Miss Glass, of course, would go on to be one of Sweet Briar’s best-known presidents, but her predecessor was an impressive woman in her own right.

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and the family moved to Raleigh, N.C., to live with an aunt whose husband was president of St. Augustine’s College. The young Emilie was educated at St. Mary’s School in Raleigh, and she would be an active alumna of the school for the rest of her life.

Miss McVea had already had an impressive career when she came to Sweet Briar to take over for the departing president, Mary K. Benedict. One of her early educational leadership positions was as “lady principal” at St. Mary’s.

Following that, she went on to receive both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from George Washington University and taught English literature at the University of Tennessee. When the president of that university was named president at the University of Cincinnati, he thought so highly of Miss McVea that he recommended her for a teaching position at his new university, so off to Cincinnati she went.

Eventually promoted to dean of The Early Years Miss McVea was born in 1867 in Lou- women at the University of Cincinnati, Miss McVea was so well thought of isiana, the daughter of a judge. Her father died when she was relatively young that when she left to take up the reins Miss McVea was deeply religious, but still progressive in many of her views.

Writing about her following her death in 1928, Professor Martin Fischer from the University of Cincinnati said, “Emilie McVea associated herself with every important social movement. Secondary school education, child labor, literary productiveness, the drama, an open university forum, the interests of college women, university standards and university administration, the parity of men and women in university posts, competent teachers for women’s colleges, states’ rights and the definitions of democracy were just a few of the interests to which she lent her marvelous energies.”

Her tenure as Sweet Briar’s second president was shorter than it might have been—just nine years—but she embodied many of the qualities we still associate with Sweet Briar today: leadership, compassion and strength of character.

Emilie McVea in 1916, when she became president of Sweet Briar

Did You Know?

Until recently, Sweet Briar’s presidents were called “Miss,” regardless of their advanced degree. Mary K. Benedict, Emilie McVea and Meta Glass had all earned doctoral degrees.

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Aerial view of campus, circa 1920

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The cupola in 1921

Grammer Hall from the west, 1920

Miss McVea received her honorary degree from the University of North Carolina in 1921. During the commencement address that year, newspaper editor Josephus Daniels told the graduates—all of them men, but for Miss McVea—to be nonconformists, disregard precedent and smash idols.

“The radicals and nonconformists have led the world,” he said. It was a message Miss McVea would likely have agreed with.

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The governor of North Carolina, Cameron Morrison, however, did not. He had already done his part of conferring the degrees, but he stood up, and defying convention himself, told the graduates to accept the established order.

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at Sweet Briar in 1916, she received tributes from a wide array of civic organizations. Among the letters of appreciation was one from the Council of Jewish Women, which noted that “she has been always ready to help with active suggestions and sincere interest.” The president of the chamber of commerce called her work for the city “inspiring” and the Association of Collegiate Alumnae called her a “fine example of the trained college woman and a personal inspiration” to many women. The Hamilton County Woman’s Suffrage Association, in expressing their regret at her departure, noted: “Your high ideals, your noble example—as well as your unswerving loyalty to this cause—have ever been a constant help and encouragement in our work.”

Her colleagues echoed those sentiments: “She has been an inspiring teacher, an administrator and leader in the higher education of women, the chief organizer of social amenities in our university, and a factor in every beneficent civic movement. . . .

She has been a fountain of judicious advice to public officials and weeping school girls. I supposed that she has

vicariously been in love a thousand times, so great has been her sympathy with the confiding young. She has been able, also, as few other women, to meet men upon their own terms, to discuss with them in a large way their own problems.”

Clearly, Sweet Briar was about to welcome an impressive leader into its young community.

A Woman of Principle

Sweet Briar women today would recognize and support Miss McVea’s views on the importance of education for women. As early as 1910, she said in a speech, “The education of fifty years ago will not prepare the woman of today even for her traditional vocations; new conditions demand new training.” In a later essay, she wrote, “University courses should be planned, not for men or for women, but for students. . .these courses should be chosen by the student on the grounds of personal ability and inclination without regard to sex.”

Just as she believed that young women should be able to choose whatever course of study interested them, she also believed that women should be trained to be leaders.

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Writing in the Sweet Briar Magazine in 1916, she said, She spoke of the aim of the university to be, among other “The possibilities of Sweet Briar are unlimited. With adethings, “to train leaders of thought and affairs.” In a letter to quate endowment, with increased facilities, with an enlarged the president of the State Teacher’s College in Radford, she noted that her students “recognize that if they want to enter student body, she stands at the threshold of a new decade.

In imagination I see her the true into any kind of professional life a Alma Mater of the woman of the college education today is almost “Look not mournfully into the years to come, a woman clear-eyed, a necessity. They feel that women past, it comes not back again. strong of body, vigorous in mind. have a right to look forward to Her head erect, with knowledge to leadership of various kinds and that Wisely improve the present, it guide her, she walks forth ‘to meet a college does train leaders.” is thine. Go forth to meet the the shadowy future without fear,’ She herself held many positions filled with reverence for truth and of leadership throughout her career. shadowy future without fear with zeal for service.”

She was president of the Cincinnati and with a manly heart.”

She got to work right away. She Woman’s Club, secretary-treasurer raised admissions standards and of the Southern Association of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow added courses in bacteriology, College Women and president of “Hyperion: A Romance” botany, Greek, history, psychology, both the Virginia Association of ethics, English and languages. A Colleges and the Southern Associseparate department of physics was ation of Colleges. She was also the established, along with economics first woman member of the board and social science. By the end of her first year, the president of visitors at the University of Virginia and the first woman and her cabinet had determined “that the Academy should to receive an honorary degree from the University of North be dropped as soon as the financial condition warrants,” a Carolina. circumstance that came to pass in 1919, just three years later.

At Sweet Briar In fact, she’d made such in impact in three short years Upon arriving in Amherst County, Miss McVea found that in 1919, the student body dedicated the Briar Patch herself at a school that was struggling financially and academically. Many of the students were part of the institution’s to her, saying, “With additional buildings, and an endow“Academy,” which provided classes for those who did not yet ment, Sweet Briar can become within the next five or six meet the standards of admission to collegiate work. Still, she years a college of five hundred students, and take its rightful intended make Sweet Briar into one of the premier learning place in the educational world. These few facts speak for themselves, and while we realize it has taken and will take institutions in the south.

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President McVea was clearly progressive in her views about education, but in many ways, she was also a product of her time and her culture. She was a deeply religious woman and had strong opinions about appropriate behavior for her students. She clearly felt it was her duty, not just to educate them, but to prepare them to be successful in the world. And success in those days meant fairly strict adherence to a code of conduct. For example, there were very strict rules about riding in closed automobiles with young men and attending events without chaperones.

Smoking and card playing were also forbidden. The meeting notes for the executive council, which included the president as well as faculty, note that one student had been found “guilty of unseemly conduct with a man on the train.” Students were routinely disciplined for such infractions, including losing privileges and, occasionally, expulsion.

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many hands to carry on the work, we feel too, that words can but poorly express our gratitude and admiration for Miss McVea’s splendid initiative and accomplishment.”

Miss McVea went on the road to raise funds for Sweet Briar as well as to recruit students. She was regularly featured in newspaper society announcements as being the guest of honor at events held for the purpose of raising money for the Sweet Briar College endowment. In addition, her time as Sweet Briar’s president from 1916 to 1925 meant that she oversaw more than one global crisis.

During World War I, the College engaged in many war activities: raising money, rolling bandages, writing letters, supporting the Food Administration and working for the YWCA and the Red Cross. In writing about the end of the war, she said, “With all our might we will hold to the ideals of courage, of high purpose, of patriotism, and of humanity which these stern months have taught us; we will endeavor, to the utmost of our ability, as a college and as individuals, to do our part in interpreting to our generation the larger, finer meaning of democracy and of internationalism. Sweet Briar, even in its exquisite seclusion, has

felt the throb, the heartbeat of the world. Her life has been enlarged and enriched by a share, small but real, in the activities and sacrifices of the nations of the earth. It has been our high privilege to have lived and wrought in the greatest years of the world’s history.”

Following the end of the war came the influenza epidemic in 1918, during which the students were “campused for almost a year,” according to one alumna’s recollection. “When we were released to go home at Christmas,” she wrote, “Miss McVea gave us stern orders to wear veils closely tied over our faces and never to take off our gloves until we reached home!”

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The work of supporting and guiding Sweet Briar, then as now, is yeoman’s work, and Miss McVea, never robust, submitted her resignation in 1925 after suffering many months of ill health, apparently brought on by the strain of her administrative duties.

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President McVea as president, circa 1922

number of students, the enlargement of the Faculty, the enrichment of the course of study, the number of buildings erected and the care given to beautify the campus—these material achievements are patent and to be grasped by every passerby—but only the Faculty can fully estimate the more subtle yet precious achievements of the past nine years—the resolute breadth of view, the strenuous effort to guide not coerce into the straight path, to clear the vision, to uphold ideas, to work sympathetically with Faculty as well as with students, to give everyone a chance to attain her highest, these achievements, known to us most of all seem best worthwhile. Because of your patience, tolerance, love, we love you and feel keenly the loss of your presence and we wish you restored health and energy in the coming years, to help others as you have helped us.”

Miss McVea left a number of legacies at Sweet Briar that we still recognize and celebrate today. Under her leadership, enrollment grew from 134 to 362, the number of faculty grew from 17 to 34, and 10 new buildings were erected, including Fletcher, Reid and Boxwood—which she personally helped finance. It was under her watch that the Class of 1922 added the walk to Daisy’s grave during Founders’ Day, paying a simple, beautiful tribute at the grave of the young girl in whose memory Sweet Briar was founded. It was also during her tenure that the College first hosted Amherst County Day. In 1916, Sweet Briar was recognized only by the department of education in Virginia. By the end of her presidency, it was a member of a number of associations and had been put on the approved list of the Association of American Universities.

After she left Sweet Briar, she spent several months convalescing before undertaking a teaching job at Rollins College in Florida. Her efforts on behalf of Sweet Briar were recognized by her new home. Upon her arrival in the state, the Orlando Sentinel noted that she “was instrumental in developing [Sweet Briar College] into one of the leading colleges for women in the country, by raising standards and securing large sums of money for endowment and buildings.”

Sadly, her time at Rollins was short; she passed away in 1928. In October of that year, Sweet Briar’s Founders’ Day events included a memorial to her. The inimitable Meta Glass, her successor, noted that Miss McVea had set a high

The arcade in 1921

standard. “She had put into Sweet Briar perhaps her hardest work, certainly her maturest self,” Miss Glass wrote. “She watched new hands upon her wheel with abounding generosity. I found a fine and strong structure of her building and in my efforts to uphold and add to it I found joy always in her interest and her counsel. She relinquished with the same grace with which she acquired. I know no greater mark of a large soul.”

Emilie McVea’s Views on Women’s Suffrage University of Cincinnati Professor Martin Fischer observed: “During the first years that I knew Emilie McVea, the enfranchisement of women was not yet a fact. She was, of course, its advocate. . . .Though from the South, she stood against what was then the southern view; within the city of her adoption she aligned herself with the minority; and within the inner circle of her friends she stood almost alone. I still remember what were her arguments in the case. She did not, as other feminists, trot out a series of inadequate measuring devices to show that men and women are biologically the same—she too well understood the splendid consequences of the fact that they are different—but life and experience had outraged her sense of justice and she wished once more to see assured to a defenseless minority those rights in law and society which our constitution guaranteed men. ‘It will give the vote to prostitutes,’ said one woman to her. ‘Who needs it more?’ came her quiet answer.

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LEADING IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

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t the end of last year, the feeling in the air was one of excitement to ring in a new decade: the roaring ’20s. But little did most of us know just how roaring it would actually be. From the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic to the fight for racial equality to saving homes, livelihoods and land from natural disasters, our ability to rise to the challenge has been tested over and over again.

While the Sweet Briar woman is well known for her consistent “where there’s a will, there’s a way” attitude and “never back down” spirit, her leadership training shines even brighter when confronted with a seemingly insurmountable challenge. After all, here, the impossible is just another problem to solve.

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The challenges this year have been monumental, but there is one group that deserves special recognition: those who work or volunteer in health care and safety.

There are many Sweet Briar alumnae out there in these lines of work who found themselves suddenly becoming frontline, essential leaders and dedicated team players and volunteers. Let us introduce you to four alumnae from four class decades, each working in different health care or emergency services fields.

B/GYN, Women’s Health O of Augusta Augusta, Georgia

After graduating from Sweet Briar, Laura Lee joined the Army on a scholarship, was on active duty in Texas and Oklahoma and spent six months in Baghdad. She graduated from medical school in 2000, and eight years ago, she moved back to her hometown of Augusta, Ga. Laura Lee is an OB/GYN with Women’s Health of Augusta, a six-person private practice associated with the University Hospital of Augusta. While she practices general obstetrics and gynecology, she specializes in pediatric and adolescent care.

At the beginning of the year, she remembers taking note of what was going on in the world as the coronavirus spread around the world and into the United States. “We started to prepare for when the tidal wave would hit,” she says. “We didn’t know what to anticipate. Would it hit early or be delayed? Then, the major shutdown started mid-March, and we responded accordingly with strict safety protocols.”

As a general OB/GYN practice, Women’s Health of Augusta sees patients of all ages. As such, they had numerous needs and concerns to address, and they especially had to safeguard their older population. “We had multiple strategies in the office to continue to serve patients while keeping them safe. We separated the obstetric patients from the older gynecological patients with complicated cases.”

However, as soon as they noticed the waiting room was becoming too crowded for safe social distancing, the team quickly came together to find a solution. “We staggered the practitioners’ schedules so that there were only four doctors in the office at a time. We marked off safe distancing in the waiting room—six feet is larger than you think! We also limited visitors. Now, only the patient is permitted to come to the appointment, with exceptions for minors, pregnant patients and people with disabilities.”

The response from their patients has been positive, saying they felt safe coming in for their visit.

An important part of developing a successful solution is not being afraid to try various methods, learn from lessthan-ideal outcomes and course-correct along the way. “ This is version 10 of what we’ve tried, but the current version has proven to be very successful,” says Laura Lee, adding that it’s the patients’ reaction and feeling that really shows them what is working.

Among the practitioners and staff in the office, Laura Lee is the one in charge of keeping everyone up to date with the endless stream of information coming in from the CDC, the governor’s office and other health care organizations regarding how to handle health and safety around COVID-19. She collects and analyzes all the incoming information and spearheads the necessary process and operational changes. “I’m the primary point person in our group to collect the latest information and see how it needs to be implemented in our practice,” says Laura Lee. When asked how her personal interaction with her patients has changed, she emphasizes “not much, except we now sit on opposite sides of the exam room to talk.” She places a high value on the doctor-patient relationship and likes to always be at eye-level when talking to each other— while maintaining a safe distance.

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Jade Ashley ’20

Board secretary, Lovingston Volunteer Fire Department Lovingston, Virginia

Throughout an unprecedented senior spring semester, Jade found stability and purpose in her family’s long tradition of community work. The Lovingston Volunteer Fire Department played a major role in her life growing up.

Her grandfather was fire chief. Her grandmother was vice president and president of the department. Her mother is treasurer. And, since 2017, Jade has served as the board secretary.

“This year has been tough, especially for a volunteer organization,” says Jade. “It is difficult to stay staffed. Our volunteer firefighters now rotate who is on-call, and they are not able to hang out at the fire house, which is hard on morale. There are no visitors and only five people are allowed in the fire house at one time. Where we used to have six to eight firefighters go out on the larger truck for

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Mimi is an instrumental member of President Woo’s COVID Task Force as she has more than 30 years of experience as a health economist. She held a joint appointment at the City University of New York as a professor of health policy with the Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and professor of economics with the Graduate Center. She also directed the Health Economics Division at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.

“Early on, the task force carefully thought through the campus reopening plan and everyone quickly became very familiar with public health principles,” says Mimi.

“Our president acted quickly and decisively to come together as a community to not let this virus beat us and continue to do what we know and love.”

an emergency call, there can now only be four. The smaller truck can only have two.”

It’s hard to imagine adding even more protective equipment to a firefighter’s gear, but that’s exactly what they had to do. There are different levels of firefighters, which dictates the type of personal protective equipment needed.

One change in the operational procedures brought on by the pandemic is that the firefighter suits need to be washed after each call. And, as you might imagine, your average washing machine is not up to the task. Thanks to funding from the state, the department was able to purchase special washing machines to handle the heavy loads.

In the midst of the pandemic, another challenge suddenly hit when their fire chief was in an automobile accident.

He would always show up at every call, and suddenly, the firefighting crew had to adapt. But unsurprisingly, the community stepped up in every way to help keep all the parts moving, enabling the department to do the job they love for the people they love.

“Our service area expanded, and all the local EMS have seen an increase in calls,” says Jade. Rigorous protocols on how to handle emergency response situations were put in place, especially around how to handle instances when someone might test positive for COVID-19.

In her role, she has seen first-hand how emergency responders have adapted to continue to serve their community during the COVID-19 pandemic. She steps up to help in every way she can. Feeling connected brings her great joy and pride. “Supporting my community and local businesses is very important to me,” says Jade. “Especially during difficult times.”

“My whole career focused on how to maximize the public good in a scientific, rational way,” she continues. “I centered my teaching around the impact of scientific modeling and policy activism. Together, science and policy can really make a difference in the health of people. When teaching health economics, I’d go through models that look at cost on one side of the equation and quality of life on the other. How can you improve health at a population level, and what does it cost? This is something that gets very complicated, very quickly. Students look at each assumption that goes into the models and specifically study peer-reviewed scientific literature and evidence.”

For Mimi, Sweet Briar’s liberal arts education excels at preparing women to meet any challenge and be a valuable asset in any field, no matter her area of study. “We learn how to think, explore and analyse. A respect for depth of thought and effort has helped create all the advantages of the modern age; much of that comes from the qualities of a liberal arts education.”

What’s Your COVID Call to Action?

Obviously, we can only share a few stories about our amazing alumnae in the magazine, but we know your stories are inspiring and need to be heard. You are the foundation upon which alumnae and students alike realize the their full potential.

Do you have a story about how you have contributed to the fight against COVID-19?

For instance, what changes did you implement at work? How did you pivot to adapt and continue to succeed? How have you helped your community?

Contact the alumnae office at alumnae@sbc.edu or 800-381-6131 or connect on Facebook at facebook.com/sweetbriaralumnae and share your story.

properly fitted. We provided ongoing training and education for all staff and physicians. Things are continually changing, and we’re continually adapting.” Their work began right at the start of the year, and they had completed several mock drills in all areas by the time the hospital saw its first COVID-19 patient.

Having been at Kaiser for many years, the staff know and trust her, but she always reminds them, “You need to trust your science because that is what everything is based on. When you get on a plane you don’t think about being up in the air, but that’s you trusting science. Listen to what science is saying about COVID.” She emphasized that “safety messaging needs to be consistent to be effective.”

“What’s been good is seeing everyone pull together to coordinate care, support each other and communicate,” says Jamila. “ This is a team effort, and everyone has been very engaged.”

As far as changes to the patient experience, many of them have already been underway in health care overall, such as telehealth. Jamila shared a couple simple changes that made a big impact on the comfort of both providers and patients: “We placed windows in the doors of COVID patient rooms so that we could monitor them to ensure they are OK. Patients are able to interact and wave to staff.

We put baby monitors in the room so we are able to talk with each other.”

When asked what she has learned from managing the COVID pandemic response, Jamila shared this important reminder: “It taught me that it’s OK not to know everything, and it’s OK to be part of the learning curve.”

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As an infectious disease specialist, Dr. Champsi is front and center in the fight against COVID-19, and she credits Sweet Briar with giving her a strong foundation to succeed in medical school at University of Arizona and training at Stanford University hospital through an Dr. Jamila Champsi ’80 internal medicine res Infectious disease specialist, idency and infectious Kaiser Permanente disease fellowship.

South San Francisco “I learned about South San Francisco, California Sweet Briar’s open house at college night,” says Jamila. “When I visited, I found the students to be warm and the faculty brilliant and dedicated. They helped you identify what you needed to work on and how to build your strength. The College is a very unique place, and I don’t know if there is any other place like it. It taught you to believe in yourself, to always ask questions, to work with partners and to find resources, answers and always be willing to ask for assistance. It helps you be a contributing member of society.”

Medicine combined Jamila’s interest in science, helping others and research. After Sweet Briar, she worked at Rockefeller University investigating immunoparasitology of malaria and African sleeping sickness. Presently, she is involved in viral hepatitis research.

After attending medical school and completing her training, she joined Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco in 1996. Today, she is chief of infectious disease and chair of infection prevention. The simple definition of prevention is using a scientific approach and practical solutions to prevent harm by infections. One of her responsibilities is to ensure the hospital adapts and follows CDC, WHO and public health guidelines. “My team establishes infection prevention protocols for the hospital and clinics. We educate and oversee local policies and procedures to ensure and maintain safety while caring for infectious patients.”

Jamila, together with the infection prevention manager nurse, are the experts when it comes to handling COVID-19. They have different expertise and focus, and together, they cover all the needs in every department.

Jamila participated in developing Kaiser’s regional guidelines that were adapted to meet the needs of each Kaiser location and their patients. “We develop workflows for labs, radiology, hospital, Operating Room and clinics.

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Cortney Lewandowski ’12

Surgical assistant and histotechnician, Dermatology Consultants, Inc. Lynchburg, Virginia

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Cortney has not only been instrumental to her colleagues at Dermatology Consultants, but she continues to be highly involved with Sweet Briar, helping in any way she can as a member of the Alumnae Alliance Council Young Alumnae Support Working Group. While at Sweet Briar, she lived at home in Amherst, which prompted her to search for ways to get involved on campus. She noticed how much students enjoyed giving back to the community, and this helped solidify her desire to help.

“One initiative I was particularly proud of was helping the College launch their partnership with Amherst Cares, who provides food and school supplies to Amherst County students,” says Cortney. She received an outreach award for the program, which continues to go strong year after year.

“Because of Sweet Briar, I learned how to be there for others, how to make yourself known and how to have a voice.”

For Cortney, a dance major, it was not the most obvious leap to working as a surgical assistant in a dermatology office. “I was looking for a steady job and started at Dermatology Consultants, helping shift the office from paper to electronic records,” says Cortney. “That led to me learning

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lots of other responsibilities and cross-training to help in other areas of the office. I became involved with patient check-in, began to scribe, then in January 2020, an opening came up in the surgical suite as a surgical assistant.”

She never saw herself as going into the medical field but was intrigued. “I like helping people, and when you love your job, the patients notice. It is truly a female-empowered office. As a surgical assistant, I have more one-on-one time with patients, which I love.”

“When it became apparent early in the year that COVID-19 was about to change how we worked and lived, everyone on our team came together to decide how and where to go from here,” says Cortney. They needed to triage their patients so they could see the most advanced or complicated cases first. They ended up developing a tiered system based on the severity of skin cancer, which dictated who needed to be treated first and who could wait. The staff split up and called all their patients in shifts.

Unlike many of the others in the office, she doesn’t have kids or other people at home to care for, so she felt she was in a better place to step up and help as much as possible.

“We started out by wearing long surgical gowns but found a better system because they ended up getting in the way.

We also found an N95 mask that has a gel base, so it’s more comfortable when wearing glasses, a shield and surgical caps.”

Dermatological consultations that were once held in person had suddenly shifted to virtual. “ The majority of our patients are older, and we found that to be a difficult transition for many.” But because of the personal touch and connection with their patients, they found ways to make them comfortable and confident.

When asked what this pandemic experience has shown her, she shares insight that falls in line with design thinking, a cornerstone of Sweet Briar’s leadership core curriculum: “It is important to hear every side of the story in order to develop the best solution. You must truly work together and be supportive when times are hectic.”

On page 12, learn more about Cortney and how, after spring break, she provided a virtual fitness dance class for Sweet Briar students and alumnae.

Chris Svoboda ’84

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Bum Chum Tradition Cyndi spearheaded the knitting, acting as instructor and cheerleader.

In addition to Chris and Cyndi, the following alumnae worked diligently throughout the summer: Kristen Barnes ’08, Blair Redd Schmeig ’83, Holly McGlothlin ’78 (another proud QV!), Kimberly Shaheen White ’96 (Kimberly made two scarves), Clara Barton Green ’89 and Robin Bayless ’80.

Each alumna carefully and diligently knitted, considering it an honor to give to the students during the longest days of the pandemic restrictions. Many alumnae included notes of encouragement and support, sharing their love of Sweet Briar with the students. Chris knitted her scarf in memory of the late Michelle McSwain Williams ’83, who was a Bum when Chris was a QV, and classmate Mary Margaret Cranz Smith ’84. Michelle and Chris became the best of friends, in spite of the friendly competition and teasing.

The current students were thrilled to receive the beautiful new scarves, each with a large jingle bell and charms representing

an old shoe, ladybug and daisy. Not even a global pandemic could keep these alumnae from presenting the gorgeous new scarves to the current Bums by fall Step Singing!

This special project was an inspirational example of the remarkable support of alumnae, their love of the students and the can-do spirit of a Sweet Briar woman.

Truly, there is nothing that she cannot do!

Cynthia Hardy McCabe ’75

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Every year since 1961, Bum Chums have proudly worn red and white scarves and delighted in ringing the attached bells, unnerving many a QV! These scarves are revered and each contains the name of every Bum who’s worn it thoughout the years. Within the jumble of Bum Chum names, there are even a few green tags of names of enterprising QVs who have adopted the scarf for a few days.

Since the late 80s, Bum Chums have added a bell each year to the scarves, creating an impressive display and sound of ringing with each step.

This year’s group of Bum Chums made the difficult decision to donate the wellloved scarves to the Sweet Briar museum.

Within hours of announcing the retirement of the original scarves, eight alumnae volunteered to knit new scarves for the students. Chris Svoboda ’84, a spirited QV in her days at Sweet Briar, created the initial patterns. Cynthia Hardy McCabe ’75 worked tirelessly to perfect the patterns and secure the perfect shade of red and white yarn for the knitters.

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Gift from Richard C. Colton, Jr., Kicks Off the Riding Program’s Second Century

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You start to feel the excitement even before you see the improvements to Sweet Briar’s stables, which were made possible because of a $1 million gift from Richard C. Colton, Jr. The stables will be named the Howell Lykes Colton ’38 Stables in honor of his mother.

Over the past four months, construction crews have worked tirelessly to complete extensive renovations to the west and east wings, the Cronin Yard and the Bailey Room.

“By updating our facilities, the riding center can continue to match the caliber of our students and quality of our program,” says Mimi Wroten ’93, director of the riding program and head NCEA coach.

“We’ve always recruited students who are successful scholars, riders and athletes. Now, the newly renovated stables mirror who we, and they, truly are.”

Since the College moved to online learning for the spring semester, construction was able to start ahead of schedule in April. Beginning with stall and floor demolition in the west wing of the stables, followed shortly by the east wing, the scale of the project was evident as you stood in the open, cleaned out space. Sweet Briar staff involved in the project—being highly tuned in to the benefits of repurposing and sustainability—kept a sharp eye out for any wood or other materials that could be salvaged for future use.

For those of us who have spent time at the stables over the past 49 years, the original facilities will always hold a special place in our hearts, filled with memories of opening the wire mesh stall doors for early morning grooming, hearing the sound of hooves on the concrete aisleway, organizing the grooming shelves near the cross-ties, sharing the small sink in the tack rooms to clean all that leather and, of course, naps on the Bailey Room couch—if you know, you know!

Now, as you walk through the state-of-the-art east and west wings, you can’t help but pause to take it all in. Your eye jumps from the multi-surface aisleway with non-slip, cushioned pavers to the gorgeous new stalls with sliding doors to the abundance of bright overhead lighting. Much thought went into creating an excellent environment for our horses, students and staff.

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Riding Center Renovations Phase I Raised $1,476,00 Left to raise $381,000

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If you’re interested in supporting the renovations to the riding center, call 434-381-6131 or visit sbc.edu/give.

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“Everything from the bright lights in the aisleway trimmed in Sweet Briar pink to the fans, stall doors and automatic waterers has made such a big impact on our daily work managing the stables and caring for each horse,” says Amie Chenault, stable manager.

Each of the 49 stalls are designed with the horse’s and human’s comfort, convenience and safety in mind. Each horse has an overhead fan and feeding stations and automatic waterers are precisely laid out.

Covered groom boxes were custom-made for each stall that has, on the front, a place to include information and notes on that particular horse. The tack rooms also are being updated with beautiful wood panel-

ing, climate control and a sink and cleaning station on an island in the center of the room with plenty of recessed lighting.

“I love walking in here, it’s just so pretty and well done. And, I feel like the horses enjoy it. It’s calm and clean,” says Lizzie Fisch, associate director of the riding program, head IHSA coach and assistant NCEA coach. “The fans are cool and refreshing. The lighting is beautiful. The stall mats are very nice and comfortable for the horses. The custom-made groom boxes on the front of each stall keep everything tidy, which really makes the aisles look sharp organized. And, I can’t wait for everyone, especially the teams, to enjoy the new Bailey Room. That will make such

a difference in their experience to have a new, updated and comfortable space to learn, relax and enjoy their time together.”

“The new stalls, tack rooms and aisleways will make a huge impact for many years to come, enabling students to pursue their equestrian goals in the best environment possible,” says Mimi.

Between the two stable wings is the Cronin Yard, the central courtyard which serves as a gathering and mounting area.

It’s also a welcoming space that leads people to the main entrance through the Bailey Room. The courtyard is undergoing its own beautification project, which will make it even more of a favorite location for a photo op.

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Katie Balding ’21 is president of the Riding Council, holds numerous accolades in the NCEA, ODAC and ECAC and was named the 2020 Sweet Briar Rider of the Year. Here’s what she has to say about the transformation of the riding center.

“The overall feeling in the barn is definitely a sense of newness but tradition is not lost. What is most important in the new barn is the functionality of the space and the comfort of the horses, as was before. It feels like our same home riding center, but with an updated, fresh new look.

“I have two favorite improvements so far! Firstly, I absolutely adore the

new barn doors. They have these huge, beautiful windows and lovely trim.

Now, even when the doors are closed in the winter or because of bad weather, there will still be light shining into the barn. My second favorite improvement is the lights! It’s a small thing to notice, but they are outlined in pink. It’s a tasteful way to include school spirit.

“I am actually most excited to see the new Bailey Room. I can’t wait for it to be done and to be able to spend time there. I think the coaches are trying to keep it a bit of a surprise for us, but I have heard about new offices, and a dedicated classroom space, which will be great!”

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The Bailey Room has always served as the main lounge, teaching space, indoor arena viewing area and staff offices. It’s a favorite place to relax and recuperate as well as learn about riding theory and connect with friends. Now, because of a lead gift through the generosity of William Passano in memory of his wife, Honey ’55, and an anonymous donor, the Bailey Room will meet all the contemporary needs of our growing program. Numerous large windows will open up the view of the indoor arena, a better-equipped kitchen and lounge area will keep people comfortable and a dedicated teaching space will boost the experience of learning about theory, management, training and equine health.

While Mimi is eagerly looking towards what the future has in store once renovations are complete, she is quick to comment how grateful the riding program and entire College are to be the recipient of such generous gifts. “To have received such a significant boost to the riding program is remarkable. These donors have opened the door to elevating the quality of our facilities to be among the top in the nation—a status that we exceeded when the Rogers Riding Center was first built in 1971.”

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From students to alumnae, faculty to staff, the Sweet Briar community is made up of people from a wide variety of backgrounds and affinities for the College.

Despite these differences, these donors and friends are united by one thing: their belief in the mission of Sweet Briar College.

Each year, alumnae and friends come together to support the College through gifts to the Sweet Briar Fund. For 20202021, the Sweet Briar Fund goal is $5 million, with a stretch goal of $7.5 million

to cover costs and lost revenue related to COVID-19.. Contributions to the Sweet Briar Fund support our students through scholarships; our faculty and our innovative academic programs; and the stewardship of our beautiful natural and built environment. Sweet Briar thrives because of the members of our community who choose to support the College through generous gifts.

This year has been a particularly difficult one; the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lives of everyone on campus.

But members of our community have come through in an amazing demonstration of support. Not only have we received gifts that enabled us to meet last year’s fundraising goals, but a host of emails, letters, social media posts and phone calls have shown us just how important Sweet Briar is to so many people.

Read on to discover some amazing stories from some treasured members of our Sweet Briar family and why they continue to support the College.

Cheri Harris Lofland ’79 Hello from London, my home for 26 years now. I’m a Class of 1979 Sweet Briar alumna, which, unbelievably to me and my classmates, was more than 40 years ago!

Thankfully, although much has progressed, what attracted me to Sweet Briar remains unchanged, which is why I continue to support the school with an annual donation. I am so proud of the current students, leadership and administration— along with my fellow alumnae—who also value Sweet Briar and continue to fight to protect everything it is and stands for.

Sweet Briar provided exactly what I needed at the time: I was eager to go away to college but lacked confidence in myself and sought an environment that would provide me the opportunity and space to “find myself.” The idyllic campus attracted not only people like me—and others who chose it for different reasons—but also excellent professors who were passionate about their subjects and teaching.

My time at Sweet Briar was transformational. Not only did it provide an academic and social home that enabled me to thrive, but it also provided me the international experience I craved in the opportunity to study abroad. That opened my mind to the world and resulted in my choice, for the last 30 years, to live abroad. Sweet Briar provided an early step in what has become a fantastic journey.

Wendy Weiler ’71 and Caroline Chappell Hazarian ’09 My daughter, Caroline Chappell Hazarian ’09, and I love Sweet Briar and our family considers it sacred ground. The beauty of the College and the excellence of the education is unsurpassed.

My parents were enthralled with Sweet Briar. They established The Jeanne and George Weiler Scholarship to help other young women to learn to be leaders.

My niece, Victoria Chappell Harvey ’06, and two sisters, Patricia Weiler Thiess ’76 and Pamela Weiler Colling ’79, attended Sweet Briar. Caroline’s two godmothers, Ellen Weintraub ’71 and Pinky Walkley Heintz ’71, also attended. We have all made so many incredible Sweet Briar friends through the years; the bonds of the Sweet Briar sisterhood are so strong.

I was so lucky to experience Sweet Briar not only once, but I did it again through the eyes of Caroline. We are hoping Caroline’s daughter, Julianne, will be third generation!

We believe in giving back. We value the wonderful education we received at Sweet Briar and want to help ensure that it will continue to be there for other young women for generations to come.

Katie Hearn ’85 My parents were both volunteer fundraisers for Friends School of Baltimore when my older brothers and I attended Friends, and my mother was a professional fundraiser for Goucher College (her alma mater), as well as Johns Hopkins University, Towson University and the American Red Cross. Basically, I have known how important fundraising is to non-profit organizations for as long as I can remember. Giving of time, talent and treasure to institutions that matter to us is a fundamental part of my family’s ethos.

Sweet Briar matters to me, and because I can give, I do. I have made a gift of some amount to Sweet Briar almost every year since I graduated, and when the events of 2015 happened, I realized that I had to step up my giving. Sweet Briar has needed us more than ever in the last five years, and I am fortunate to have been able to answer the call. It’s a check I never mind writing, because I know that the money is going to help young women have the same experience that I was able to have.

I also understand how important it is to raise money, so I have been a volunteer fundraiser for Sweet Briar for years.

Whether it’s for my class (Yay ’85!), for Sweet LAX, for Friends of Riding or Friends of Athletics, for reunion, or for the capital campaign to build the Fitness and Athletics Center (FAC), I am willing to help if asked.

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Sarah Reidy-Ferguson ’96 I view my participation of gift giving to Sweet Briar as a reflection of three components—past, present and future. I honor the past and, more specifically, the alumna who inspired my introduction to Sweet Briar College. I make my gift in her memory and in thanks for passing down her love for the College to me. For the present, as I recognize Sweet Briar needs my commitment to support the daily operations of the school as we continue to blaze an innovative path for women’s education. And for the future, as it is my wish for every young woman to have the opportunity to attend Sweet Briar.

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Kimberly Harden Fella ’00 As a recipient of a substantial merit-based scholarship during my entire four years at Sweet Briar, it’s important to me to pay it forward and help make Sweet Briar a more affordable option for future generations of women. I truly loved my four years at Sweet Briar! I cherish every opportunity I have to be back on campus, as well as the ties that bind all of us alums across the miles and through the years.

I have made it a priority to donate every year since I graduated in May 2000, and, thankfully, my husband Chad, who loves Sweet Briar as much as I do, is completely on board with our financial support of the College. We can’t wait to be back on campus next spring for my delayed 20-year reunion and see all the changes that have taken place since 2015!

• For other types of gifts, please call the Office of Alumnae Relations and Development at 434-381-6131.

• Notify Sweet Briar if you have included the College in your estate plans.

• Visit plannedgiving.sbc.edu to find out more about making a planned gift to Sweet Briar.

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Carolyn Staman Ogilvie March 23, 2020

1939 Sarah Belk Gambrell July 30, 2020 Jane Holden Walker August 24, 2019

1940 Margaret Katterjohn McCollom April 1, 2020

1942 Nancy Parker Barnwell July 25, 2020 Janet Quinn Eichacker July 23, 2020 Florence Gillem Pressly September 17, 2020 Gloria Sanderson Sartor September 15, 2020

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Patricia Carr Bowie April 3, 2020 Wyline Chapman Sayler July 19, 2020

1946 Marguerite Emmert Baldwin July 1, 2020 Patricia “Pat” Groesbeck Gordon April 11, 2020 Jane Pickens Church November 6, 2015 Anne Hill Edwards April 29, 2020

1947 Carol Blanton McCord May 31, 2020 Evelyn “Evie” White Spearman August 16, 2020 Patricia Hassler Terrell July 24, 2020

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Martha Davis Barnes October 4, 2020

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Mayde Ludington Henningsen July 12, 2020

Alice Stansbury White September 1, 2020

Cecile Martin Pearsall August 30, 2020

Gloria McElroy Pennell May 17, 2020

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Adora “Dody” Prevost Ragsdale June 19, 2020

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Anne Joyce Wyman March 12, 2020

Barbara Kelly Tate June 30, 2020

Marilyn Hopkins Bamborough September 12, 2020

Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Ray Hessler May 31, 2020

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Ruth Garrett Preucel July 31, 2020

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Charity Paul October 28, 2019

June Eager Finney May 1, 2020

Leta Patton Badgett May 14, 2020

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Nancy Barnes Coffin Defeyter March 30, 2020

Mary “Mimi” Hitchcock Davis June 28, 2020

Simone Aubry May 19, 2020

Elizabeth “Betsy” Brown Bayer April 15, 2020

Mary Jane Roos Fenn July 31, 2020

Judith Atkins Wall May 28, 2020

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Harriet “Hatsy” Robinson Taylor July 5, 2020

Carol Lessmann Margol June 3, 1994

Joan “Jo” Gulick Grant July 8, 2020

Jayne Berguido Abbott August 11, 2020

Cornelia “Dolly” Jordan March 29, 2020

Evelyn Morris Gregory August 9, 1994

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Bettye Wright Schneider July 16, 2020

Mary Reed Simpson Daugette March 31, 2020

Joy Berguido Campbell 2016

Nancy Richards Smith September 19, 2020

Diane Johnson DeCamp June 13, 2020

Jean Yanick Snyder June 4, 2020

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Natalie Cavallo Wills June 5, 2019

Johanne Vinson Finney December 3, 2018

Cora Jane Morningstar Spiller May 8, 2020

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Anne McGrath Lederer July 9, 2020

Judy Wilson Grant June 15, 2020

Ann Mountcastle Gamble April 7, 2020

Joy Peebles Massie May 3, 2020

Mary Herlihy July 9, 2020

Rosalie “Pinkie” Barringer Wornham April 12, 2020

Mary McCarrick Holahan June 17, 2020

Cordelia Harrison Ward July 19, 2020

Harriet Heiden Kirchhoff July 29, 2020

Marjorie Whitson Aude September 15, 2020

Denis Barnes June 23, 2020

Jane Fitzgerald Treherne-Thomas July 4, 2020

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Nancy Keen Butterworth Palmer August 24, 2020

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Mary Ann Kilpatrick Russell May 24, 2020

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Dorothy “Poogie” Wyatt Shields March 28, 2020

Linda Brackett October 25, 2018

Sarah “Sally” Byers Sugar June 25, 2020

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Katherine “Jane” Guthe Coffey April 11, 2020

Langhorne “Lanny” Tuller Webster May 28, 2020

Mary Bailey Izard September 10, 2020

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Jane “Kitchie” Roseberry Tolleson July 22, 2020

Mary “Cookie” Cooke Carle January 4, 2020

Adele Perry Hart May 4, 2020

Eleanora Marshall May 7, 2020

1971 Elizabeth “Liz” Wilson Mumford September 13, 2020

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Judith “Judy” Buttrick Sargent June 5, 2020

Debrarae Karnes June 22, 2020

Suzanna Reed Townsend July 1, 2020

Kimberly Martin Robson July 19, 2020

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Catherine “Kitty” O’Neal Owens June 26, 2020

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Eugenia “Jeannie” Manning Schmidley June 15, 2020

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Tiffany Avery-Willis Smith January 31, 2019

Deborah “Debby” Willis August 22, 2020

Helen Sockwell July 29, 2018

Maura “Kathleen” Freemon July 6, 2020

in MEMORIAM:

Jane “Kitchie” Roesberry Ewald Tolleson ’52

Former Sweet Briar board member Jane “Kitchie” Roesberry Ewald Tolleson ’52 died at her home on July 22, 2020. She was 90.

Kitchie married John A. Ewald, Jr., in 1954. John passed away in 1979 and in 1981, his parents established the Ewald Scholars program with a permanent endowment. Through the years, Kitchie made additional investments in the fund. The goal of the program was to

Other important visitors made possible by the program include: • Isabel Allende, Chilean author of The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts • Maureen Regan, daughter of the 40th president of the United States • Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress • Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and winner of the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, among other awards

• Wilma Mankiller, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation • Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Color Purple • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author of Americanah, which was Sweet Briar’s Common Read selection for 2018-2019 • Liza Mundy, who wrote Code Girls: The Untold Story of American Women Code Brekers of World War II In addition to her support of the Ewald Scholars Program, Kitchie was incredibly generous to Sweet Briar in other ways as well, providing support for the library and the Sweet Briar Fund. She received Sweet Briar’s Outstanding Alumna Award in 1984.

Kitchie’s daughter, Katie, graduated from Sweet Briar in 1979. Our thoughts are with Kitchie’s family.

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Jane Goodall was a visiting professor at Sweet Briar from 1977-1981. fall 2020

add inspiration to the College’s academic life by bringing scholars of international reputation to campus. In that regard, the program has been an unqualified success.

The program got off to a fine start when it supported a visit from four of the world’s foremost primatologists: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas and Francine Patterson. Through two full days of morning, afternoon and evening lectures, films, slide shows, a panel presentation, and question/answer sessions, they shared information about their studies in field and laboratory on chimpanzees, gorillas, and orangutans.

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Carolyn Cannady Evans has moved to an assisted living residence in Raleigh, NC, to be near two of her daughters who live there. Carolyn reports memory issues but sounded well, gets two meals a day and still has her small dog. Like many of us, and all who are in retirement homes, she is in lockdown and has no news of other classmates.

My suitemate Katie Cox Reynolds and husband, Phil, are each 92.

They live in a retirement home outside Hartford, CT. A daughter had planned to accompany them to visit me in CO in June as they have two grandkids in Boulder and Denver.

Due to COVID, they have cancelled.

Katie had a recent fall resulting in a compression fracture of a vertebrae for which she hopes to have minor surgery soon.

Our class president Caroline Casey Brandt lives at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond and reports that she is in lockdown and cannot see other residents. Classmate Libby Trueheart Harris is there in the health unit. Caroline was reading the book by Anna Chao Pai ’57, “From Manchurian Princess to the American Dream,” and finding it fascinating. Anna said she loved Sweet Briar, and her four years there were among the happiest of her life. Caroline has two great-grandsons. Her son, Stephen McGhee, just retired as the associate minister at Caroline’s Episcopal church in Richmond, but he and his wife will remain in Richmond. Her daughter, Margaret, and wife also live in Richmond. Caroline sent me an interesting article from the Miniature Book Society news.

Caroline has been a major collector of miniature books for many years and through that association met her late husband, Paul Brandt.

Classmate Peggy Cromwell Taliaferro connected with me on Facebook. She sent me her new phone number, so I called her. She lives in a retirement home in the Baltimore area. She keeps up with Susan Waxter, daughter of our classmate Judy Baldwin Waxter. Susan is now retired and prior to COVID was doing a lot of traveling.

I contacted my suitemate Peggy Lawrence Simmons whom we called Larry (her sister was also SBC). Larry resides in Midland, TX, where she was headmistress of an Episcopal day school for many years. Larry says she is suffering aging problems like deafness and failing eyesight but still manages to live in her own home and has a number of friends with whom she can socialize in normal times. She misses being able to deliver Meals On Wheels as she did prior to COVID. Her daughter Susie and husband and their two children all work in health care but to date remain healthy. Her daughter DeeDee writes mystery stories under the pen name Carole Lawrence and has a new book that is selling well on Amazon entitled Edinburgh Twilight. Larry recently lost her brother Rusty.

Mary Fran Brown Ballard reports that Marilyn Hopkins Bamborough passed away this spring.

Fortunately, I am doing quite well in my home of 58 years, have wonderful neighbors and an excellent driver. I gave up driving last Oct. My driver and his wife do my grocery shopping. I continue to cook for myself and am grateful to be in my home and able to walk well-masked in my neighborhood.

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Pat Layne Winks 312 Arguello Blvd., Apt. 3 San Francisco, CA 94118 415-221-6779; (cell) 415-350-2994 plwinks@earthlink.net Though the name of your class secretary appears at the top of these notes, credit should go to our in-

trepid class president. When the virus hit, Joanne Holbrook Patton took upon herself the task of trying to reach every single one of you. I’m sure that her personal communication was responsible for the gratifying increase in our class giving. Many, many thanks to Joanne, and to you all.

There have been inevitable losses.

Katherine Guthe Coffey (known to us in college as Jane, later called Tink) passed away in April. She was a real estate broker in San Francisco for many years. Tink and I met several times in our adopted city. She had retained her bright wit and beauty.

Earlier in the year we lost Nancy Hinton Russell. I wish I could quote more of her obituary, which captured her vivid spirit. “She placed the highest value on strength of character and maintained exacting standards for every undertaking, whether it was laying a table for a family meal or rebuilding a life torn apart by the Vietnam War.” Also gone early this year was Katherine Babcock Mountcastle who lived a life of community service on the boards of many worthwhile foundations. Marianne Vorys Minister passed away in January 2020. Director for many years of her own design firm, she was mother of four, grandmother of six. Louise Kelly Pumpelly also passed away in Jan. She was a tireless volunteer and competitor—in bridge, tennis and dartball. At 81, she participated in a half marathon and was fastest (and oldest) in her age bracket. In July, we lost Kitchie Roseberry Tolleson.

Throughout her life she maintained a devoted commitment to Sweet Briar.

We all recall Kitchie’s energy, enthusiasm and warmth.

Pat Beach Thompson and Sue Judd Silcox grieve the loss of their dear husbands of many years. Sue’s husband Jack died in Feb. The family—a large clan that includes multiple great-grandchildren—gathered together to mourn his loss. Pat lost her dear Calvin in May, so the family congregated in a socially distanced way at her neighborhood church.

Our bodies are not always kind to us. Nancy Hamel Clark had hip surgery. Benita Phinizy Johnson sustained broken ribs and pelvis in an automobile accident. Upon her return from rehab she had to be quarantined at her retirement facility. I hope that by now Nancy Trask Wood has fully recovered from her broken hip. Others of us have suffered falls, with consequences that hinder easy movement.

Time for happier news! Two classmates were lucky enough to enjoy IRL (in real life) celebrations of their 90th birthdays before the lockdown. Frances Street Smith’s family came from TX to her home in Chattanooga. Pauline Wells Bolton was surprised on her birthday by the arrival of her four children, who came from Houston, TX; MI; Vancouver (WA); and San Miguel Allende, Mexico.

We are sheltering in a wide range of places. Many are in retirement communities where group activities have been curtailed. Some continue to enjoy wide open spaces. Helen Graves Stahmann is able to walk to her farm in Australia. Others who do not have to be concerned about social distancing include Sue Spayde Sparks, whose home has 60 acres.

DeeDee Bell Lyon lives in a converted stable on a friend’s farm and walks daily with her two active dogs. (She has finally given up riding!) Since DeeDee’s home is near Charlottesville, she was able to get together regularly with Kitchie Roseberry Tolleson until the virus hit. Jane Russo Sheehan (another ex-rider) also relies on her dog to get her out for regular exercise. Nancy Morrow Lovell has stayed in her large country home, where she can enjoy the local animal population of raccoons, deer, bears and their offspring. We share Nancy’s concern for her daughter, a respiratory therapist at a tragically busy Seattle hospital.

Our families give us loving support. At the outset of the pandemic, Betsy Wilder Cady was kidnapped from her MA retirement community

to her daughter’s home in Gainesville, FL, then a virus-free environment. Now she has returned to her safer home in MA. Trudy Kelly Morron lives with her daughter and husband in CO. Barbara McCullough Gilbert and her husband moved from their long-time home in OH to a retirement community in Decatur, GA, at the encouragement of her son there. Nancy Trask Wood stayed with her son’s family in NC while recuperating from a broken hip. Joanne Holbrook Patton’s son, Ben, and family left NYC when it became a virus hot spot and moved to the cottage on the Patton property near Joanne’s home before going on to upstate NY. Some of us remain committed to urban life. Joanne O’Malley Foster and Ginger Dreyfus Karren are still in NYC, and I am still in San Francisco. Most of us, wherever we live, are trying to get familiar with Zoom, FaceTime and other technological advances. One positive side effect of the virus is the motivation to reconnect. I’m sure that many of you have picked up that old-fashioned device, the telephone, to renew precious connections with friends you had lost touch with.

I hope that by the time these notes appear in the magazine, many months from now, our lives will have brightened and the terrible virus will no longer threaten the world.

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Florence Pye Apy 40 Riverside Ave., Apt. 6Y Red Bank, NJ 07701 floapy@verizon.net What a time to write class notes—plenty of time to write, very little to write about. I have talked (via email) to Kay Amsden, Edie Norman Wombwell, Sug Cantey Patton and Dale Hutter Harris. All of us (including mates) are in continuing care communities, living in similar conditions during this pandemic—wearing masks, sometimes gloves, having meals dropped off at our apartments, watching television, etc. I have been blessed with a family, all of whom have Zoom. A daughter-in-law in CA had three graduation parties for

three grandchildren who did not have traditional graduations, a couple of birthday parties, plus Mother’s Day and Father’s Day get-togethers. Guests ranged from HI to CT and NJ, with many from northern and southern CA. College reunions took a hit. This dreadful situation is probably affecting you and your families in similar fashions.

Sug is still recovering from the bad fall she had in May. Despite visitation restrictions and quarantine rules she and Pat are fortunate to have a daughter nearby who is able to drop off groceries, etc. Other family members, including sons, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, live near enough to visit when visitation rules no longer exist.

Unfortunately, during this time, two classmates have passed away.

Anne Joyce Wyman died on March 12, 2020. At SBC, Anne was chair of the Riding Council and a member of Paints ‘n’ Patches and the Classical Club. An avid athlete she played varsity field hockey and lacrosse. Following her marriage to Dr. Joseph C. Wyman, a metallurgist, in Sept.

1966, they commuted between their NY apartment and their home on Quogue, Long Island.

They had one daughter, Anneke, who graduated from Yale, cum laude. After Anneke’s marriage to Klaas de Boer the couple settled in Wimbledon, England where Anne and Joseph visited regularly. In NY, Anne was a faithful member of the board of directors of the privately funded Society for the Relief of Women and Children.

Following Joseph’s early retirement, he and Anne travelled the world until a stroke side-lined her.

Unfortunately, Joseph, her caretaker for many years, predeceased her.

Surviving are her daughter, sonin-law and grandsons, Alexander and Nicholas.

Liz Ray Herbert Hessler died on May 31, 2020, after contracting COVID. Liz was born in Durham, NC, attended St. Catherine’s in Richmond and graduated from Kent Place School in Summit, NJ, where she excelled in field hockey and basketball. Her height of 5’12” (never 6 ft.) was undoubt-

edly an asset. She was known for her friendliness, independent spirit and sharp wit. At SBC, she majored in music theory. She left after her junior year to marry William Pinkney Herbert, Jr., whom she had met at a friend’s wedding.

They moved to Charlotte where they raised four boys. Following Bill’s unexpected death in 1976, Liz entered the residential real estate business. She met Ormond Hessler, who was employed by the same company in the commercial real estate division. They married in 1978. Ormond died in 2011 at the age of 90. Liz was an active athlete participating in golf and tennis tournaments. She was involved in community activities as a longtime member of Christ Episcopal Church, a founding member of the Grandfather Golf and CC in Linville, and a member of the Junior League of Charlotte and the German Club. She also worked for U.S. House Rep. Alex McMillan as his local communications liaison. Liz is survived by her four sons and their families, one step-daughter and nine grandchildren. Our sympathy goes to both Anne’s and Liz’s families.

Please, oh please, send me some happy news for the next issue.

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Bruce Watts Krucke 201 West 9th St. N.-Unit 184 Summerville, SC 29483 bwkrucke@gmail.com Opening with some very sad news. Our wonderful class president, Mary Jane Roos Fenn, passed away very unexpectedly at the end of July. Unfortunately, her obituary has not been published yet, so I don’t have much to tell you about her very interesting life. I do know that while at SBC, Mary Jane was a drama major and directed our senior show.

As an alumna she was always a wonderful participant in many SBC activities. She was very active in community life both when she and Dick lived in NY and after they retired to Williamsburg, VA. Mary Jane was predeceased by her husband and one of their twin daughters. She is survived by two

daughters, Susan Fenn Bemus and Jennifer Fenn Doherty, and 6 grandchildren.

Here are three more obituaries of our classmates who were at SBC only a short time.

We send our sympathies and condolences to the family of Leta Patton Badgett. She was born in Waco, TX, and attended Waco High School, graduating at 16. After a year at Sweet Briar College, Leta returned to TX, attended Baylor University and the University of Texas, where she joined Pi Beta Phi sorority. Leta married Charles Shepard Badgett III in April 1955. They had four children.

Sadly, Leta lost her beloved husband at age 32 after his battle with cancer. Leta was active in the Junior League of Dallas and the PTAs of her children’s schools while raising four kids alone. She became an accomplished artist, inspired by her love of travel. Adventures took her to Europe, Central America, Mexico and Asia. After the death of her daughter, Anne, Leta returned to Dallas to raise her grandchildren. In recent years Leta resided at Presbyterian Village North. She is survived by her children Charles Shepard Badgett IV and Leta Badgett Harrell; her brother Dr. James Russell Patton, Jr.; six grandchildren, one great-grandchild and five stepgreat grandchildren.

The second one is Harriet “Hatsy” Robinson Taylor, 87, a gardening author and columnist.

She died July 5, 2020, at Geer Village in North Canaan. Hatsy began writing about gardening in 1982 with the debut of her column, Hilltop Harvest, which was published for years in The Lakeville Journal, the Torrington Register and the Berkshire Eagle.

She is also the author of two illustrated books, Weeds and Wisdom and Mother Nature’s Wit and Wisdom. Having worked as an accountant earlier, Hatsy served on the North Canaan finance committee for several years. Her civic-minded contribution was also running the annual Norfolk Library Book Sale for more than 35 years. Hatsy volunteered with the Hospice Foundation of Ameri-

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ca, the Friendly Visitor program and a local mentoring initiative.

She also sang with the Litchfield County Choral Union. Hatsy’s other passion was tennis where she won doubles championship matches at the Norfolk Country Club. Her head for numbers also led to success at bridge, a game she played with many lifelong friends.

Hatsy graduated from Renbrook School in West Hartford, Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT, and the Hartford School of Music. In 1955, she married Henry Hammond Taylor of Fairfield, CT. In 1962 they got an abandoned farm in East Canaan, where they spent the next 43 years raising three daughters, along with sheep, chickens, llamas and cows.

Hatsy and Henry also built a business designing and manufacturing hand-crafted lamps, clocks and desk accessories. Following her husband’s death in 2005, Hatsy continued to write about her life on the hill, adding a website and a weekly blog. She kept a small flock of sheep and continued to pursue her gardening, tennis and bridge.

Hatsy epitomized the flinty Yankee pioneer, who hauled her own firewood, tended her sheep and also drove fast in a small red convertible. She is survived by three daughters, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The third classmate we lost was Mimi Hitchcock Davis, born Mary Leffingwell Hitchcock.

Mimi died on June 28 at 87. Wife of the late Ray E. Davis, Mimi grew up in Manhattan and Port Washington, NY. She enjoyed time spent with cousins, aunts and her grandmother at the Glen Springs Resort Hotel in Watkins Glen, NY. Mimi attended Port Washington High School, graduated from high school at the International College of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo in 1950 and attended Sweet Briar College.

She married Ray in 1956 on Long Island. After living briefly in Washington, DC, and CA, they moved to Glastonbury, CT, and spent nearly 60 years there.

Mimi shared a love of horses with her daughters and husband.

Mimi worked for fifteen years as a medical assistant at an OB/GYN

clinic in CT. In her later years, she did volunteer work at her church.

Mimi enjoyed the knitting group, helping in the kitchen, tending plants and working on behalf of the Shepherd’s home in Middletown. Mimi leaves behind her four children, and four grandchildren.

Side note: Mimi was the first one of our classmates that I met. I went to high school in Yokohama while she was in Tokyo and I had to go to Tokyo to take the SATs. We were the only two females in the large group taking the tests and what a coincidence that Sweet Briar was the only college either one of us had applied to.

Now a few brief notes from other classmates. Through Jerry Driesbach Ludeke I learned that Vickie Toof Johnson has her own small place with a yard for her dog. She says she uses a walker now, as I’m sure many do, and that she has a helper also. Vickie was trying to locate Bee Pinnell Pritchard. Bee was still living near Richmond at our reunion last year but talked about moving to Texas to be near her children. Sweet Briar doesn’t have an address for her either. So, if anyone knows where Bee is, please let us know.

As for Jerry herself, she writes: “I’m enjoying the challenge of sheltering-in-place. I haven’t been in a shop since March 15 and am getting very creative with some not very exciting meals using supplies in my pantry. Timing worked out perfectly for me in passing on my job as the director of the Bakersfield College Archives. After 13 years they finally assigned one of the librarians the job. We overlapped this past fall and I turned it all over to her when the pandemic began. Whew! I still work online as her advisor/assistant. Same thing with my church job as the financial secretary for over 20 years. I told them I was not going to be back in church until the virus settles down and a vaccine is available. Our church services are still online now anyway. So, I got a replacement there. Footloose and fancy free! I live in a complex of 12 private homes surrounding a big swimming pool and palm trees, so I am out for an early morning swim before the sun shines on the

pool each day. I miss seeing my family, but life is good and will get better as this finally passes.”

I chat with Shirley Poulson Broyles on Facebook and we also email some. She and Norris moved into their retirement condo in Atlanta in March after having been promised it would be ready the previous October. Just in time for virus isolation.

Small world department. A friend of mine from high school in Japan, who lives in a retirement community in Vero Beach, FL, had a new partner for a trivia game there. It was Kirkland Tucker Clarkson ’53. She and I are now emailing and catching up on mutual friends.

No news is good news from me.

We are being well taken care of where we live—temps taken every day, meals delivered, doctors come to the house, if needed.

Our class was only in fourth place for the 1950s classes in percentage of people giving to the College for the fiscal year with 42.3%. In amount given we are third. We could do better.

With our loss of Mary Jane, we need to get a new class president.

Any volunteers? Any nominations? Please let me hear from you.

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Emily Hunter Slingluff 1217 North Bay Shore Drive Virginia Beach, VA 23451-3714 emilyslingluff@aol.com What a treat to have our 65th reunion on the internet! We connected on May 30 via Zoom with the help of our great class president Mitzi and also helpful Clélie from Sweet Briar!

It took some time with many of us having trouble properly connecting, but at least some finally did it and we looked at each other! Also, each of us said a few words about what we are doing during this pandemic time and just in general. It was nice. The word that came to my mind when it was over was that it was dignified!

Respectful! We were not all talking at the same time. Most of us just said a very few words about our own outlook on life and what we are doing.

Almost no long talks about our families. Personally, I loved just seeing

each one of the wonderful classmates and hearing each nice outlook on life.

Those who took part were Phyllis Joyner, Elise Wachenfeld dePapp, Kay Roberts McHaney, Anne Williams Manchester, Gretchen Armstrong Redmond, Nancy Anderson Shepard, Ruth Campbell VanDerpoel, Pam Compton Ware, Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh, Camille Williams Yow, Jane Feltus Welch, Mitzi Streit Halla and Emily Hunter Slingluff. Sue Lawton Mobley, Newell Bryan Tozzer and Betty Byrne Gill Ware wanted to join but there were glitches. Mitzi is hoping we can have another Zoom meeting sometime.

Following our Zoom reunion, I had two good phone conservations with classmates who had connected then. Camille Williams Yow had said that she is living in a condo on Peachtree Road in Atlanta, which I had mistakenly thought was a retirement place, but it is a 40-story building of condos! It is in the nice Buckhead area of Atlanta and near her old house. Camille is involved in many things including book clubs, the Sweet Briar Atlanta Living Room Learning, bridge games and more.

We talked about little things and the big things going on in this country.

I also had a long follow-up talk with Kay Roberts McHaney, and we went deeply into the philosophy of important issues. Being involved with ownership and publishing of several newspapers in TX, she is especially interesting to talk with about newspapers and news. In general, it is a treat to keep up with her.

Some months before the Zoom reunion, I heard from Joan Kells Cook. She wrote, “I haven’t been very good about keeping in touch, so since I am a shut-in with everyone else, you are hearing from me.

These last few days I’ve been thinking about Sweet Briar and all the good years there. I won’t be coming to reunion because of health issues.

My husband of almost 64 years had cancer, got a clean bill of health last year then had an accident where he broke his hip. It cancelled our lives and now the virus. We’re doing well though with shopping and a son living nearby. We also Skype with our daughters in OR and CA. We are still in our almost 100-year-old house on a lovely lake south of Seattle. We see deer, lots of water and

CLASS NOTES several years. Fritz said she has trouble walking but no complaints about that even though she still lives in a large condo in Sagamore Hills, OH, and the condo is several stories, not just one floor. She said that overall, she feels good. Among other things, we talked about our kitty cats! Both of us have been dog lovers, so this is a sort of a new thing and fun. Fritz, whose husband died some years ago, says her two step-sons are so dear keeping in touch with her from TX and CA. Derrill Maybank Haygood and I keep up a good bit, and we had a recent talk about her family and also about the violence going on in Charleston then. Such sadness for her to have lost her wonderful husband Ben and, only a short time later, her very dear brother, too. Derrill did leave Sweet Briar after three years to marry Ben, although I had written in the last class notes that it was after two years. I also love thinking about her mother who we know was May Queen at Sweet Briar some years ago!

Jeanette Kennedy Hancock and I had a good phone talk and she sounded wonderful and appreciative of life. In July, some weeks after we talked, her husband died at age 89.

His obituary was online with a really wonderful picture of him. They had been happily married for 62 years.

He was evidently a very loved judge in Birmingham and very involved in many good endeavors. He and Jeanette had been living recently at Kirkwood by the River, a lovely retirement place run by the Presbyterian Church. They had two sons and a daughter, and all of them are married and have three children. It was good hearing about her grandchildren, too. Jeanette said that now our classmate and her friend in Birmingham for many years, Frances Bell Shepherd and her husband, are also living in Kirkwood by the River. Frances’s husband was responsible for finding that nice property for that retirement home some years ago. Jeanette also has kept up a bit with Mary Boyd Murray Trussell. She said she saw her some time ago when Mary Boyd was in Birmingham. Mary Boyd and her husband, George, have evidently been spending some time during this pandemic in Panama City, FL, where they have children.

Several years ago in Sea Island, GA: Sue Lawton Mobley ’55, Newell Bryan Tozzer ’55, Honey Addington Passano ’55, Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55, Emily Hunter Slingluff ’55 and Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55

Nella Gray Barkley is doing her usual work helping people find their careers and life paths. She says that recently she is doing this mostly online but also sometimes at a meeting room in Charleston. She says she finds herself particularly busy at this pandemic time because a lot of people are rethinking their lives.

Her two granddaughters are both in graduate schools and living in the NY area: one is at the International Culinary Education Institute and one at the Pratt Institute studying Environmental Interior Design. Nella is happily living at her same house in Charleston and also sometimes goes to her cottage on nearby Edisto Island.

Elise Wachenfeld dePapp is taking it easy at her condo in Pittsford, NY. She has a dog she loves, a Pomeranian. She sent me a picture and he is adorable! We talked about Sweet Briar and a bit about riding where she excelled at Sweet Briar and later, as she did in many things, including being a doctor. She told me one of her daughters is an associate vice president of Merck Pharmaceuticals and lives on Cape Cod, and her other daughter is a veterinarian and is planning to move to Portland, ME. Because Elise has trouble hearing, she has some special device that shows my words spoken on the phone on a screen for her to read.

Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh is living in the same nice house in Sterling, VA, where she has been for about 20 years since her husband died. Her daughter Carol lives with

her and at this time. Anne Lyn is worried about a health problem Carol has but hopes all will be alright.

It has been present for some years.

Anne Lyn enjoys her house and particularly the nice garden she has there and having her dear daughter with her.

Emily Hunter Slingluff, me: I always feel strange writing about myself in these notes. I am happy for a wonderful life as I find that my smart classmates are, too. Putting together these class notes does take time and work to get it right, but it is a huge treat because of connecting with such dear old friends! Of course, meaning old as in many years of friendship! I am so enjoying my old wonderful house on Linkhorn Bay and also going often to the Atlantic Ocean and our cabana there at what was the old surf club. Writing and speaking about the importance of the job of parenting takes much of my time, and the appreciation from many parents keeps me wanting to do more to help. Recently I have started doing YouTube videos. I am missing my good bridge games. Also, I am missing seeing friends as are all of us during this worrisome pandemic time. My married son, a surgeon, is in Charlottesville with the University of Virginia and my married daughter lives 16 houses from me, and her two married daughters are full time mothers with precious children, too. I am thankful for them and for all of you, my classmates! fall 2020

birds, and bald eagles are almost always special. Before the quarantine, we were still playing bridge and going to plays and operas. Please say hello to everyone.”

Another treat was an email from Sue Lawton Mobley who wrote, “Every day has been so much like the one before and after it that I didn’t think I had anything worthwhile to report. I was in quarantine for about ten weeks at Canterbury Court until my daughter Anne came for me.

Canterbury was wonderful caring for everyone and we’ve had no cases.

But I am now at her house, enjoying being with her, my son in-law and one granddaughter. My older granddaughter has just moved into a condo in a wonderful complex and she is thrilled! No telling how long I’ll be here, probably several weeks. At this point, if I return to Canterbury, I would have to stay in my apartment for two weeks. Charlotte, my younger granddaughter, has a condition that makes her very susceptible to infections and viruses, so she and I are pretty much in the same situation; we are not going anywhere. There is a lot of COVID-19 in Atlanta, and Anne is being very cautious about going to the store, etc. I was so disappointed in not being able to join you all in the reunion! I was there for a minute but then all went dark and I couldn’t get back on. The mysteries of the internet! I am reading an interesting book, Elderhood. It seems that the words old and elder provoke different reactions in people, elder providing more respect! Take care and stay well.”

Ginger Chamblin Greene and I had a nice phone visit discussing the pandemic and the situation at Westminster Canterbury in Charlottesville. There have been times of lockdown and times of quarantine there, as in most retirement places. She and Fred are in one of the separate cottages there and so are able to go outside a lot, which they enjoy. She was as upbeat as usual, and both she and Fred seem to be in good health, and she even mentioned him playing tennis since Boars Head tennis had reopened in July. We talked about Sweet Briar, too!

Fritz Merriman Naylor and I had a good talk and she sounded wonderful. Fritz and Ginger had roomed together at Sweet Briar for

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Lee Chang Crozier sent the first response I received to my summer request for updating what you have been doing in recent months. Lee says she does not have much news but wants to say hi to classmates and stay connected. She says they are well and safe, staying in place. She is appreciating good books even more and Zoom gatherings.

Karen Steinhardt Kirkbride writes that SBC is the perfect place to be returning to or entering this fall!

Like so many, Karen and Richard are staying at home in Annandale, VA, where they are managing fairly well, although Richard has some mobility problems. Their adult children are all doing well. Son Steven lives nearby; son Kevin and wife Britt live on the west coast. Son Trevor and wife Sarah live in Manhattan and are doing their work online. Their two children, like so many, have mastered working and learning on computers.

She is looking forward to seeing a lot of us at our 65th reunion next May! Joan Broman Wright is looking forward to hearing what clever things others have been doing in these times of isolation. She has found that Zoom church and garden club meetings have been an interesting experience. She continues to work in her garden and mostly stays ahead of the political mailings. Before the virus, she went to her nearby daughter’s frequently for dinner but now has retreated into her cocoon, with the virus escalation in FL. She hopes everyone is well and safe, is looking forward to reading everyone’s news and hopes to see you at our 65th in May. Rose Montgomery Johnston spent most of the summer here in our WNC mountains at her summer home on Lake Summit. Because of the pandemic, she took many walks around the lake, missed seeing her friends (including me) and dining out because “this virus goes on and on....” After arriving here from Memphis, she has done no traveling of late, but hopes early in 2021 to go to Patagonia with her daughter Bai-

ley. Even though perhaps “it is time to move on,” she still has her psychotherapy practice, now seeing clients only by phone. She is proud to hear about SBC’s progress!

Ann Stevens Allen sent a note saying her rental farm and carriage house apartment have kept her busy for the last year. She says she just sits in her rocking chair on her porch and thinks how lucky she has been.

Betty Buxton Dietz writes that she and Burt are handling “this house arrest” caused by the coronavirus as well as they can, hoping it will be over while they can enjoy their volunteering again. She has spent time going through family papers, now being the matriarch of the Buxton family. Burt lost his twin sister on Ash Wednesday 2020 and is now patriarch of the Dietz family. She spends time knitting scarves for the Seaman’s Institute to put in Christmas bags as well as baby hats for preemies at three area hospitals.

Frances Shannonhouse Clardy moved (4 years ago) from her home of 51 years to a condo, then earlier this year to “the old folks’ home,” all in Charlotte. She is loving her new home where many of her long-term friends also live. However, this virus has changed her way of living. She regrets that the virus has changed college for her grandchildren: one living room graduation, no masters at St. Andrews and no normal senior year for another on his beloved crew team. However, she is optimistic that we will overcome this current chaos.

Bette Forbes Rayburn describes the current environment as “this weird world we live in.” She has moved permanently to the farm at 314 Malatchie Rd., Fort Valley, GA 31030. She says her children are a grand foursome inside and out.

They forbid her driving on US 85, so instead she does a lot of walking, working and fishing. No one can come now because of the virus. She sends greetings to all: “Take care, wear masks and stay in touch!”

Marty Fields Fite is hanging out at home, walking 45 minutes every morning. Finding it creative to cook, she and her sister take turns cooking dinner, followed by a couple of episodes of Downton Abbey.

Kay Smith Schafer writes from Palo Alto, CA, where she has lived since 1957. Now 1-1/2 years since

her husband, Bob, died, she has moved into an 11-story charming retirement home in downtown Palo Alto. She noted that Frances Kirven Morse ’68, who wrote the book, The Little College That Could, is a friend and resident at Kay’s retirement home. Kay says she does not go out much because of the virus.

Jean Dowdy von Schilling writes that their FL island home is so different from the VA farm where they lived for years, yet quite beautiful and a great destination for family gatherings. She had recently talked to Kitty Harrison who is well, happy and as charming as ever! One of her granddaughters, who lives in NY, plans to enter her first year of college at UVA this fall. Jean and Dutch are ecstatic that their grandchild is returning to her VA roots!

Mary Koonz Gynn writes from IN that she is staying busy and active in order to handle this virus situation. Her activities include mowing grass, taking care of her father, hoeing and pulling weeds in the corn patch, playing golf with friends and riding her bike.

Macie Clay Nichols wishes she could add something really interesting to her last notes, but says she would have to make it up. Due to the virus they had to cancel a trip to France. They wear masks and miss a lot of life because of social distancing. No church, club or dinners out, but lots of phone visits which are not the same. She has cleaned out dusty corners and keeps the food chain fresh and regular. Gardening is her therapy, except for the poison ivy and chiggers. She enjoys nearby grandchildren and her husband, Robert, stays healthy on dialysis. She still does a bit of real estate.

Jane Slack Sigloh is happy to be at Westminster Canterbury in Charlottesville during this pandemic, noting that conversations are restricted to being across driveways! However, they occasionally slip away to go fishing! She says in spite of the virus, life is good, and bids us all to stay safe!

As for me, this eternal era has certainly changed my way of living! Fortunately, my house is on 35 acres and has plenty of clean air. I am very blessed with many interests and much to do, definitely exceeding my energy levels. As I write this, six months passed without seeing any of

my family, but at the end of June and July I did see all three of my daughters. I am cheering for a soon-to-be vaccine so our class can gather at SBC next May! If SBC reserves Elston Inn for the older classes, we will be in great shape with an elevator and shuttle service all over campus.

So, I am hoping to see many of you in May!

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Eleanor St. Clair Thorp 3 Stoneleigh #6D Bronxville, N.Y. 10708 schatzethorp@gmail.com It seems like only a few days ago that I sent in our class news for the spring alumnae magazine, but now it is time for our fall 2020 news, so thanks to you all who sent me a note, and I hope our other classmates will do the same next issue. Sadly, I must begin with the news of the passing of two of our classmates.

Claire Cannon Christopher and Jane Oxner Waring sent this letter: Some of you may already know that our dear classmate Lanny Tuttle Webster died of a heart attack on May 28 at her home in Greenville, SC. She was a natural leader and presided over many of the causes she valued. We will never forget her kindness, her smile and her great spirit! She remained committed to Sweet Briar all through the years.

Please join us in making a gift to the greenhouse at Sweet Briar in memory of Lanny.

Sally Byers Sugar died peacefully in her home in Columbus, OH, on June 25, after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She is survived by her husband, Jack, four children and several grandchildren.

More information can be obtained from the college alumnae office.

Cornelia Long Matson and her husband, Dick, have given a $500,000 donation to Sweet Briar to support viticulture and provide a path for the future. We all owe Cornelia and Dick a huge vote of thanks!

It is a very wonderful and welcome gift to the growth of our college campus.

Betsy Alden Robinson’s news came last winter, just after our deadline, so I promised her I would save her notes for this issue. She keeps

busy, singing in a cabaret, going to a Shakespeare class and keeping in touch with her far flung family.

Mary Lane Bryan Sullivan writes that she and her husband John celebrated his 95th birthday!

They are pretty much at home but enjoy Zoom times with family and friends. Grandson, Jack Jurgovan, will enter his second year at the University of Georgia this fall.

Beedy Tatlow Ritchie and her husband are still enjoying a quiet life in Palm Desert, CA, dropping plans for their annual summer trip to Michigan given the current state of travel. She looks forward to hearing from her classmates.

Betty Rae Sivalls Davis says that she and husband, Paul, have been enjoying reading and eating. Her question is, when this weird time is over, what do we do: Go to Weight Watchers or go to AA??? LOVE that question.

Ethel Ogden Burwell spent the winter months in Lexington, VA, near her daughter Ethel ’82 as she has for the last few years. She stayed there until June, due to safety from COVID, but is back in MI now. Her grandson and his wife brought her twin great-grandson twins for a long weekend which was fun. She keeps in touch with Beedy Tatlow Ritchie when she comes to MI, as well as with Betsy Alden Robinson who is still singing professionally in Santa Fe, NM. Tibby Moore Gardner is currently in Richmond and very concerned about the whole issue of monuments on Monument Avenue, as are most of her friends and neighbors. She and Bill spend time going back and forth to Virginia Beach.

Mary Taylor Swing and her husband Bill are sheltering in place in Burlingame, CA, but keeping busy.

When she wrote, Bill was very busy working on the 20th anniversary of the United Religions Initiative (which he founded when Bishop of CA), celebrated this summer on June 25. Bill is also working with George Schultz and Mikhall Gorbachev (among other dignitaries) on an event to recognize the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing on Aug. 6. Obviously busy lives!

Lynn Prior Harrington wrote from Skidway Island, GA, earlier this summer to say not much news, except disappointment that her trip

to the Amazon in August was canceled. She does see Celia Dunn ’61 from time to time.

Jane Shipman Kuntz and her husband are still in Powell, OH, and writes that she has had extensive back surgeries for the last five years, with eight screws in her spine!

This has slowed down her gardening work, but she is still active at St. John’s Episcopal Church. She reports on her three daughters, all of whom are doing very well. Martha and Don building a retirement home in Ponte Vedra, FL. Lee has been on TV with tales of interesting crimes her DA’s office has prosecuted, and Anne was recognized by her state professional association as the top communications director for long term care facilities in Ohio.

Eleanor St. Clair Thorp (that’s me) and her husband, Peter, still spend their winters in Bronxville, NY, and their summers in Dennis, MA, on the Cape. This year they spent March and April on Hutchinson Island, FL—a month longer than usual due to the virus conditions in NY. All three girls and all seven grandchildren are doing well.

Teddy Donohue is off to UVA and Eliza Migdal off to the University of Chicago this fall. Henry Rentz will go back to the Naval Academy for his second year.

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Lura Coleman Wampler 1406 Thomas Rd. Wayne, PA 19087-1318 lcwampler@comcast.net Greetings to all! I have the pleasure of being able to mention many classmates’ names mainly due to a Zoom reunion that took place on July 31. Thanks to Lucy Martin Gianino for setting it up and hosting the session. It was truly wonderful to see so many familiar faces and to hear each participant tell a little about herself. Some have lost their husbands and many have moved to retirement communities. Here is a mention of those who were present in no particular order.

Kathy Knox Ennis is living with her dog in a Sunrise in Atlanta, GA. Nancy Beekman Carringer moved to Annandale, NJ, after her husband died. Carolyn King Ratcliffe and

her husband, Clyde, are moving to an apartment next to Patti Powell Pusey at Westminster Canterbury in Richmond where Anita Perrin Towell also lives. Frank and Jane Tatman Walker split their time between Indianapolis, IN, and Sarasota, FL, and Sue Styer Cahill is living in Reading, PA, and is limber enough to play lots of golf and to go west for skiing each winter.

In Bethesda, MD, Barbara Beam Denison is now painting after having given up her framing business of 45 years. Gail Lloyd lives in NYC where she saw this timely Longfellow quote in a store window, “After all, if it is raining, the best things one can do is to let it rain.” Barbara Murphy Hale continues to live on her farm in the eastern shore of MD after her husband’s death a year ago and specifically mentioned the planting of a 9-acre wildflower meadow to attract pollinators. Linda SimsGrady Newmark lives on Lake Keowee, SC, and plans to attend the October graduation of her granddaughter at SBC. Gail Hayman Wilson moved from upstate NY to a condo in Ashburn, VA, and Susan Hendricks Slayman lives in a retirement community in Williamsburg, VA. Ann Crowell Lemmon is doing okay after having lost her beloved Phyz in December and still lives in the Atlanta, GA, area. Grace Suttle retired from her medical practice in 2006 and is now painting in Charlottesville, VA. Rhett Ball Thagard continues to live in Birmingham, AL, having lost her husband 7 years ago and Jean Morris Stevenson splits her time between NC and a ranch in TX. Anne Duquid, our St. Andrews student for one year, tuned in from the Isle of Wight, off the southern coast of England and told us she is a fiction editor for an American publishing company. Margot McKee is still involved with selling real estate in Newtown Square, PA, and in CT. Melinda Moore Sweet is no longer practicing law and reports that she talks weekly with Katie Mendelson McDonald. It was great to see Dinny Muldaur Dozier who spends time in Los Angeles where she made a movie last year and also on Martha’s Vineyard, MA, where she started an animal shelter. Gwen Speel Kaplan has become a Richmond girl having lived there for 13 years, where she hosts an annual luncheon for a

dozen classmates when Anne Rienecke Clarke visits. Our notable author Elizabeth Meade Howard has lived in Charlottesville, VA, for over 50 years and reports that her husband has started a day-school there.

From New Orleans, Harriet Hurley Nelson told us about her husband dying of the COVID virus in a retirement community that was on lock-down, so she couldn’t be with him. Norma Patterson Mills has lived in the same house for 54 years in Chattanooga, TN, where her three sons also live. Our first-year class president, Winnie Ward, continues to live in NH and Nina Wilkerson Bugg and her husband are moving into a new retirement community in Atlanta called Peachtree Hills Place. They will still hold on to their full-time house in Highlands, NC, and will have to learn how they will handle when and where they live. In Sterling, VA, Carolyn Gough Harding is studying Chinese on Zoom. Becky Towill McNair lives in Charlotte, NC, and is proud that one of her daughters is a Sweet Briar graduate. Peggy Cook Lunt continues to live in Santa Fe, NM, where she married David Lunt after her husband Seth died, and Ginger Newman Blanchard spends a lot of time playing golf and proudly related that her niece is in charge of the riding program at SBC. In Marblehead, MA, Betsy Buechner Morris retired from banking and with her husband has sailed long distances (as in from Newfoundland to South America). She has become a writer, first for boating magazines, and recently has published three books and many short stories. In Columbia, SC, Nancy Corson Gibbs is playing tennis and traveling worldwide, her latest trip was to Sicily just before things shut down, and Isabel Ware Burch continues to live in Williamsburg where she remains active with Bruton Parish Church.

The following classmates were not on the Zoom session but did send me some news. Carol Barnard Ottenberg is living the new normal life in Seattle, WA, and writes among other things that we should not whine unless we take out the “h.”

Patti Powell Pusey is looking forward to a crab fest with all 19 family members (she intended to be on the Zoom reunion but did not receive the link). Jane Riddle Lancaster is

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CLASS NOTES currently traveling to a mountain home in Linville, NC, to escape the heat in TX. Mary Ellen Dohs Acey and her husband just moved from a cottage into an apartment in a retirement community in Henrico, VA, in order to be closer to a new activities center. Jane Ellis Covington, the keeper of our class scrapbooks and other memorabilia, sends love to all. In NYC, Lucy Martin Gianino is chair of Parents in Action, a support group for independent school students and also is involved with a Sloan Kettering organization called Visible Ink, which encourages cancer patients to write about their experiences which are then acted out on stage by professionals. Fred and I have been living in our pre-Revolutionary farmhouse in Wayne, PA, for almost 50 years where I continue to board horses and tend to my many gardens and various animals. I look forward to the time when our seven grandchildren can visit again, and I can actually hug them!

Put May, 28-30, 2021 on your calendars for our postponed 60th reunion at the College. In the meantime, stay healthy and safe! Love to all! Lura Coleman Wampler

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Thanks to Nancy Coppedge Lynn, the first to respond to my request for ’61 news, I, Julie O’Neil Arnheim, spent many delightful hours in my recliner enthralled by five seasons of the French language TV series, A French Village (Un Village Français), on Hulu even though it is over 10 years old. Since my usual spring/summer vacation in France was obviated by the pandemic, this fictional fast-moving tale of the Vichy occupation kept me connected, and because I caught 80% of the French dialog with my hearing aids in and none without them, I know how much I need hearing aids. My octogenarian’s ego was flattered by my language acumen. Other planned

trips were cancelled, including one to Savannah to celebrate Marion “Mimi” Lucas Fleming and Peter’s 60th wedding anniversary, which was first postponed from their June 9 date until Labor Day and then again because no FL judge was permitted to leave the state. Although Mimi may be officially retired, she still works a full schedule. At this rate, Celia Williams Dunn, Lou Chapman Hoffman, Mimi’s bridesmaids and I may have to wait until their 61st anniversary to celebrate with them in GA where they were married.

Also a proud proponent of hearing aids, Susan Cone Scott is able to adjust hers via phone and is quite taken with such modern technology.

Holed up in her condo in Austin, TX, even though she survived a clinically diagnosed case of COVID in March at age 81, Susan is being very cautious, as immunity is not guaranteed. She was ill for about three weeks but was never hospitalized and suffers no apparent lasting effects. She is making good use of her found time by going through boxes to trash or donate in addition to watching PBS and reading. Don’t we all have boxes of memorabilia lurking around? She sends her wish that we all stay safe during this unusual dark time.

Faith Bullis Mace, our youngest, whose 80th birthday comes along when most of us are pushing our next digit, had to cancel yet another cruise with her extended family. Last year it was due to her own illnesses; needless to say, COVID was the culprit this year. Margaret Wadman Cafasso had rented a house near Tanglewood for the summer for years, but she postponed that at least until the fall as she cannot drive from Delray with pooch Bisous in tow without stopping overnight along the way, and it seemed imprudent to stay in a motel. She reports that she has done puzzles of many kinds but would prefer additional social contact. Margaret Gwathmey is spending the summer in her San Francisco home rather than enjoying the fresh air of the Chesapeake as she has done forever and ever.

Others of us have thwarted travel plans but have found other interests.

Bess Hutchins Sharland is leading her book club discussion on David Blight’s biography, Frederick Doug-

lass. I, Julie, took up clay pot gardening in my driveway; the organic blue corn was a bust, but the eggplant was successful.

In June, Suzanne Nash Ruffin moved from her restored historic family home, where she had lived for 29 years, to a new condo just nine blocks away located on the Cape Fear River. Having recently celebrated birthday #81, her son, Laurence, suggested phoning her rather than emailing. Her new address is 240 N. Water St., #1154, Wilmington, NC 28401. Her phone is (910) 7637367. If you want to hear Suzanne’s adorable accent, give her a call. I’ll bet it’s the same!

In October 2019, Diane Stevens, a Seattleite for almost 20 years, spent time with Jane Garst Lewis and her family at their vacation home in Portugal. She and Jane have kept in touch throughout the years. Diane worked for the Lewis’s at their language schools in Finland and Japan and reports that the time spent, especially in Japan, was “perhaps the highlight of my life.” Diane discovered the Seattle Chamber Music Society shortly after moving to Seattle in 2001, and has been a long-time board member.

Jeanne Bounds Hamilton and Ross, her husband of 56 years, have spent 2020 since March in their home in Easton, MD, rather than in the apartment in NYC. The whole family did get together for July 4 however, and all are doing well.

Simone Aubry ’61 at Machu Picchu in 2001

Jeanne sent a photo of the family celebrating her 80th birthday taken in Carl Schurz Park in NYC. Jeanne, an only child and mathematics major, noted, “It is amazing how two people can create such a large family.”

The Hamiltons have four children: Ross Jr. has twins who just graduated from Duke; Will has 2 boys; Chris has a boy and 2 girls; and Blair has 2 boys and a girl. And, of course, Jeanne does not look 80!

Our indefatigable Bee Newman Thayer had to postpone revision surgery on her left knee replacement scheduled for April 6. As elective surgeries were being postponed everywhere, hers was reset to July 6.

Her right knee replacement had a revision in 2019 and then rehab, so she had been living at Kendal, a CCRC, in Hanover, NH, since Sept. 2019.

As usual, Bee cheerfully underplays

Jeanne Bounds Hamilton ’61 celebrates her 80th birthday with family in Carl Shurz Park in NYC

CLASS NOTES making, archeology, astronomy, aerospace and environmental issues. In 2019, in celebration of Simone’s 80th birthday, The Simone Aubry Center of Excellence for Children (aubry. excellence@gmail.com) was formed in Washington, DC, to share some of her lifelong interests of the natural world with inner city children and their families. The future work of that foundation might possibly mesh with some of Sweet Briar’s ecological endeavors and become a lasting link between Simone and SBC. Fingers crossed.

Our classmate on the ground, Judy Greer Schulz, taught piano on FaceTime in the spring semester 2020, and it worked remarkably well.

Her three students thought so too and have signed up for the fall; all will remain flexible as to what mode the instruction will take.

I, Julie, am very excited about the curriculum’s emphasis on agriculture—apiculture and viticulture.

Optimizing for humanity’s basic needs through engineering and employing the raw material willed to Sweet Briar by the Williams family—all that wonderful acreage!

We could not have predicted this 60 years ago. Don’t forget our 60th reunion in 2021. We will see those vineyards for ourselves!

The Class of 1961 remembers these classmates who have passed away in 2020: Judith Atkins Wall, May 28 in Pawleys Island, SC; Simone Aubry, May 19 in Sudbury, MA; Cornelia “Dolly” Howard Jordan Kyle, March 29 in New Orleans; Carol Ann Lessman Margol, June 3 in Miami, FL; Virginia “Sister” McCall Engelhardt, Jan. 6 in Montgomery, AL; Glen Moncrieff Heede, July 2 in Rye, NY; Adora Prevost Ragsdale, June 19 in Raleigh, NC.

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Parry Ellice Adam 33 Pleasant Run Rd. Flemington, NJ 08822 peaba@comcast.net From Patsey Carney Reed: “Aside from praying for a vaccine, I’ve discovered it is easier to talk on Zoom than exercise or do yoga. I can’t seem to watch and do it all at

the same time. Watching wins! I’ve had a total role reversal with my three grown children, one of whom calls almost every day with the same message: ‘Mo-o-om are you staying home?’ I’ve also discovered that there are no moderate political opinions among my friends. Isn’t this the strangest of all times? Love to all, Patsey” Winnie Swoyer Phyfe writes: “I’m still kicking. Can’t believe 80 is around the corner. Jim and I have nine grandchildren ranging from five-15 (six girls and 3 boys). The virus has made it hard to see them which is quite sad. Grandmothers will be the ones to find a vaccine, I’m sure. We have lived in S. Dartmouth, MA, since Jim retired about 10 years ago. We lived in Hong Kong for almost 8 years and then bought a house in New Zealand. Our sailboat was in NZ until Jim and others brought it back five or so years ago. We sold the NZ house and moved permanently to S. Dartmouth. Fantasy...that kids would all move to NZ. I wish we had been able to keep the house, especially now. It is the most beautiful country and the greatest people.

Sigh. We sold the boat and have been land bound. Hard for Jim but not so much for me. While in Hong Kong, I travelled extensively throughout Asia and India. I laughed that I had been to Bhutan but not to Italy. I loved all the travel and am glad I was able to take advantage of living in Asia. Since being home permanently, I have been involved with the Garden Club of Buzzards Bay, the summer chapel here and the Lloyd Center for the Environment which is a non-profit organization devoted to educating children and maintains the sea and bird life in the area. I do the NY Times crossword, go to the opera when possible and read lots of books. These days, I’m afraid I watch a lot of British television on my iPad. Luckily I don’t mind staying home.”

And finally, I hope you all have been following the Sweet Briar success saga from several sources! We should be very proud and grateful for the current leadership which has not only saved our alma mater, but elevated it to new exemplary heights.

Strong women stand solid and secure. Stay tuned!

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Allie Stemmons Simon 3701 Guadalajara Ct. Irving, Texas 75062 asimontc@outlook.com Greetings to the class of 1963!

This will probably be the strangest set of class notes in our history as our world copes with the coronavirus pandemic. I asked “What are you doing?” and the answers came back much alike: Not a lot—cooking, reading, gardening. Maybe Lucy Otis Anderson said it best: “I’ve been pretty good at doing nothing but this new normal has taken my skill level in the doing nothing department up, way up!” Lucy, our class president, sent a cheery email to all our classmates in the early days of the virus and enjoyed hearing back from many of you. She has also recently had a conversation with McNair Currie Maxwell who has moved from CA back home to Burlington, NC. Keitt Matheson Wood reports that she and Frank are “staying well and staying home with lots of walking, reading and occasionally having a few friends over on our deck, socially distanced, of course. It’s definitely life in the slow lane.” Nancy Dixon Brown says “All is well here (in Atlanta). I have been reading, doing puzzles and knitting. I do get out to the store and I have been walking early before it gets too hot.”

Nice to hear from Anne Wrightson Efird who taught herself to make Chrismons and has made over fifty!

“Between that and doing a thorough house cleaning I have managed, but I don’t like it!” Margaret Millender Holmes finds her life has changed little, the result of living a simple Vermont life. Her flower beds have never been so well kept! Her family is all well except for one grandson who moved to IA, and he has recovered.

Ginger Cates Mitchell reports that although she and Mitch were exposed to the virus, thanks to a granddaughter temporarily living with them, they both tested negative and were never ill. They’ve used their down time to clean out, tend gardens, make bread, make Zoom connections with classmates, read good books, watch some dark TV

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any ailment. Her phone calls, her emails and her words in support of Sweet Briar never cease; and, largely due to her efforts, our class went over the 30% participation mark.

Thanks go to Bee and to Mary Cosby Rinehart, our fund agents, who went all out to secure the continuation of Sweet Briar’s innovative new programs. In times of such uncertainty, our alumnae came through. We girls/ladies/women are pretty impressive! Bee’s revision went off on schedule and she is again rehabbing and doing well. She will be fit for reunion next year, she says.

Penny Stanton Meyer still hopes to see Bee in Hanover once all settles down. For now, she reports all is well on Maryland’s Eastern shore, “the land of pleasant living.”

Maria Garnett Hood and Bob are at Camp Greenbrier in WV for an unusual summer camp season.

She calls it a sort of campground with meal service and activities.

Sanitation and distancing rules are de rigueur. Maria misses the regular camp session for young boys that she loves, but this version allows families to enjoy some outdoor fun during a most unusual summer.

Judith Atkins Wall attended most Class of ’61 reunions over the years but graduated magna cum laude in English literature from Boston University in 1962, having married in 1959. Judith was a strong supporter of Sweet Briar and will be missed by her many friends of ’61.

She passed away in May after a long illness.

Another beautiful and steadfast donor classmate, Simone Aubry, died in MA. From the condolence I wrote on her Boston Globe obituary, I received a note from her lifelong friend, Caren Rosenthal, who had heard many stories of Simone’s years at Sweet Briar and her friendships there, e.g. a European tour with Ginger Lutz Elwell and a Lindblad National Geographic tour of Machu Picchu in 2001 with Patti Anderson Warren. We saw Simone last at a reunion, swimming and taking lots of photos, which she later shared with us, at Bee’s family farm outside Amherst. Her obituary reads, Simone’s passion for life is reflected in her wide range of interests which included skydiving, scuba diving, photography, art history, jewelry

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and dream of a normal life. Laura Lee Brown is spending lots of time at home with her garden and farm demands. She has had to close a hotel and two restaurants because of COVID, one had just opened in a barn on one of their farms, very sad.

From Sue Jones Cansler: “Like everyone else we’re muddling through this unprecedented time— thankfully so far the virus hasn’t struck anyone in our family or group of friends. I’m thankful that I like to read and still enjoy cooking since those have become major activities.

And thank heavens for Zoom! Living on an island we fared well in the spring as we had perfect weather, and it’s so easy to get outside. Getting hot here now, so Chuck and I are headed to the NC mountains in Aug., looking forward to cooler weather and a change of scenery.” Lucy Boyd Lemmon Edmunds says “I have been connecting with my modern European history major by reading Churchill: A Walk with Destiny, a recent biography of 900 pages. Thanks to Professors Masur and Muncy!” And, another book recommendation from Prue Gay Stuhr who has also been filling the pandemic time with reading. “A book that really touched me was The Last Negroes at Harvard.

Eighteen men entered Harvard in 1959 and graduated in 1963 as African Americans. It was intriguing to read since we were classmates at SBC during the same years,” she says.

Some news from before the pandemic—Katharine Blackford Collins writes, “I was lucky to get in two back-to-back trips in Feb. before the lockdown. First, a week of cross-country skiing in Yellowstone with my younger son and his family. Then, a flight from Jackson, WY, to Jackson, MS, for a week-long civil rights tour with The Nation magazine along with my younger brother.

I’ve been in a two-year study group moving from slavery through emancipation, reconstruction, redemption, etc., so the tour was especially meaningful as we met with pioneers of the civil rights struggle.” Katharine returned to Seattle in March, and when the schools closed down, her cottage became the Spanish language learning center for her two Seattle grandsons.

And this news goes back over a year, but Betsy Parker McColl did not want to tell us of her troubles

while they were still going on. “I had the shock of being diagnosed with breast cancer in June of 2019. Fortunately, it was discovered early in a routine mammogram (keep having them, everyone!) and was stage one.

The lumpectomy was successful and there was no lymph node involvement, thank God. I will have to admit the chemotherapy was brutal but that is all behind me now, and I am blessed to be feeling like myself again. I know that many of our classmates have dealt with various forms of cancer, and mine was minor comparatively speaking, but there is nothing like the relief of recovering, to which all survivors can testify. I am especially grateful that my treatments ended before the pandemic hit. I can’t imagine dealing with cancer on top of the stress of COVID lurking around every corner.”

Valerie Elbrick Hanlon had quite an adventure thanks to COVID! “I was in France when the pandemic hit, as I am each winter, and was nervous about boarding my flight home March 14 when no one seemed to be taking things very seriously. So, I fled Paris in a hurry to the medieval village of Castelnau in southwest France where I have friends and rented a lovely house where I planned to spend a month or six weeks. As we know, things turned out differently and I stayed for 3-1/2 months. When my Air France flight and all non-stop flights to Washington, Boston and Philadelphia were cancelled, I flew Delta to JFK on July 9 on an almost empty plane and walked into an empty airport.

I’m now reunited with family who fled Brooklyn in mid-March for our summer place near Cooperstown, NY. It is supremely wonderful to be home at last!” And a few of us are changing locations permanently.

Jean Meyer Aloe writes that Ed’s health is slowly deteriorating and that they are moving to Doylestown, PA, where their younger daughter and two grandchildren live. They have found an 1829 renovated house there and Jean says “thank goodness it’s older than I am!” Chris Devol Wardlow and Gary have been hunkering down in CO. They sold their house in Vero Beach in January and are building in an area just south of Savannah, GA, but are not sure when they will feel safe enough to travel there. Their daughter and son-

in-law have moved from Seattle to Denver and live very close to them.

Their son and his family live in Bend, OR. Jean Yardley Amos has found the last five months tough but is looking forward to moving to a Presbyterian Village nearby in December.

She has a grandson in college and two granddaughters in high school.

Heinz and I (Allie Stemmons Simon) have been weathering the storm in TX and are now hoping to spend some time at our Snowmass Village, CO, home and get out of the heat. Our major project has been closing Heinz’s office and setting up a place of his own in what was once our third bedroom. This is going to mean a lot of togetherness! Literally every response I received for these notes included concern for each other, best wishes and hoping all are well and safe. Jane Goodridge summed it up: “Wish everyone the best! We’ll make it through this!” I concur. Love, Allie.

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Virginia “Ginny” deBuys 7312 Saint Georges Way University Park, FL 34201 gdebuys@gmail.com The term Insider Report is sometimes used in news articles. Yes, we have come to this— your view of your life is from the inside of your house while dreaming of travel and reminiscing over past adventures. I’ll wager the box of pictures is still waiting for you to organize but you have straightened every nook and cranny in your house twice over. I received a few newsy notes but most of you were happy to just be marked present (alive!). A few of you we can keep up with on Facebook and enjoy your thoughtful take on current events or photos (Susan Dwelle Baxter, MC Elmore Harrell, Elizabeth Matheson and others). VM, Hedi, MC and I have enjoyed touching base with many of you in recent months including: Marsh Metcalf Seymour, Helen Dunn, Anne Day Hermann, Dona Van Arsdale Jones, Judy Dunn Spangenberg, Leezee Scott Porter, Vera Le Craw Carvaillo, Mollie Johnson Nelson, Josephine England Redd, Lee Houston Carroll, Carrie Peyton Walker and Nancy Gillies—just to name a few.

Please know that it is always good to hear from you even if it is a brief note or phone call.

VM del Greco Galgano: “When do I cross the line by having too many streaming services? I watch people dying in wonderful mysteries from all over the world, but when does it get harmful to me? Anyone?

I am coping with the crisis and know that we are very lucky.”

Hedi Haug White: “In this strange year, we successfully moved to a new apartment here in NYC, which included downsizing of 40+ years of accumulation (very freeing) and are glad the move was behind us when the world shut down. Gratefully, we are all okay and managing fairly well. I’m inspired by Sweet Briar so steadfastly staying the course and by the amazing support of the Sweet Briar family.”

Rosamond Sample Brown: “I am at my Dallas house reading, watching Netflix series and trying to escape this angel of pestilence that is plaguing our world. I spent a marvelous month in Cambodia and Vietnam in Jan. and returned to the U.S. just before the entry borders were closed. I have canceled two more overseas trips plus going to my San Diego townhouse (neighborhood packed with bars and restaurants) this year, so it looks like I will experience my first Dallas summer in 15 years. Ugh. Whenever I begin to whine, however, I remind myself of all the people who have lost their jobs, their businesses and possibly their home.”

Grace Mary Garry Oates: “I got really sick in Feb. and just as I was beginning to recover, the pandemic arrived in full force, locking us all inside. I’m pretty sure I had COVID (had all the symptoms). Whatever it was, it left me exhausted and feeling about 150. I have at last regained my energy and feel, well, younger than 78. Everything else is on hold— so no trips to TX or New Orleans or my annual trek to Rome. I spend lots of time on my wonderful screen porch reading, remembering stifling summer afternoons of my childhood when there seemed to be all the time in the world just to sit and read. There are worse ways to spend a summer!”

Dona Van Arsdale: “You’re right! My calendar has been blank because I have been diligently staying

home. My MD county, next to DC, has stricter rules than the rest of the state. Like most others, my emailing, texting, phoning, cleaning, reading and Netflix watching have increased tenfold!”

Nelie Clark Tucker: “I have been social distancing like everyone!

But for the last three weeks, I have hugged our children and their families—even went to VT with five of six kids and their seven children and four husbands! Husband, Dave, is working in his downstairs office, and I keep busy gardening, reading, praying and phone visiting. We drove to Richmond last weekend to visit a nephew; it was great to be in VA.” Libby Kopper Schollaert: “I am enjoying babysitting new grandson, Jack, and managed a trip to RI in June.”

Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer: ( JoAnn is our other reported coronavirus case. She had it early in Feb. after a trip to board meetings at Tusculum University, her mother’s alma mater.) “I traveled via air in March to VA for a week, returning home just as VT was closing down. VM and I attended Marcia Thom Kaley’s doctoral dissertation defense at the University of Lynchburg on the 17th. Marcia knocked it out of the park! Stopped by SBC, spent time with Carol Fowler and Spice and Meredith Woo. The campus looked terrific. After a late start to summer, it is now way too hot here in VT; climate change effects are very noticeable over my 26 years living here.

I am happy to be where the coronavirus situation has been handled extremely well. I walk five to eight miles every day no matter the weather, mow my own grass and tend to flower and vegetable gardens. I have a farm stand with free offerings of lettuce, beans, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers. I play golf and do miss travel.”

Ginny deBuys: “Jerry and I are at home pretending we are still newlyweds. We had a Tauck trip planned to the southwest which was cancelled. My volunteer work as an employment counselor with a women’s group here continues via Zoom, as do my board meetings with another group. It is all too isolating, and FL and U.S. leadership does not give me hope for immediate change.”

Ginny, as secretary: “We send a

hug and sympathies to Nancy Banfield Feher and Sarah Strother King who both lost their husbands earlier this year. You all send socially distant hugs to your fellow classmates and a number of you expressed appreciation of President Woo’s leadership and the good news on enrollment, fundraising and student action to face the virus. Getting back to campus to see the golden meadow of wildflowers is on my bucket list, but most of all I yearn to see all of you! Stay well and write often.”

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Sally McCrady Hubbard 47 Parsons Green Circle Sewanee, TN 37375 931-598-5338 cell: 931-636-7320 sally@hubbard.net First, we celebrate our class giving!—41.6% participation and total gifts of $182,119. Our fund agent Mary K. McDonald is proud that so many of you stepped up, some very significantly, and helped our College build sustainability. Those who did not contribute yet are invited to do so, as we all anticipate our 55th reunion redo in May 2021. Now to this unique COVID news.

Melinda Musgrove Chapman moved into an independent living residence in Feb. At first, there were many activities and new friends to be made—and then COVID—and all were required to wear masks, stay 6-ft. apart and ride alone in the elevator. She is grateful to be in a safe, if boring, place with no infections yet.

Melinda Zooms lots of meetings— sales meetings at her office, a Bible study and a prayer group. Children and grandchildren are all well, but one lost his job and one graduated without a ceremony.

Before the pandemic, Mary Ellen Freese Cota was pulling out boxes of letters and photos and sorting things stored since she moved to Querétaro 18 years ago. Doing daily yoga, studying French and hoping to return to France. Since March, anxiety and being unable to see her family have been troubling. But son, Memo, is still with her, and daughter, Vicky, and her family have recently visited and all are well.

Luckily, Alice Foster Ficken

downsized three years ago and is in a good place to quarantine. She walks with neighbors close to home, and they visit on porches and patios.

Alice had a knee replacement in Feb. and continues socially distanced water aerobics for rehab. Reading, Netflix and strawberry ice cream help the days pass. She misses seeing her children and their families, but they are in touch.

Johanne Vinson Finney died Dec. 3, 2018. Her name will be listed in the next issue of the alumnae magazine and will be read at the alumnae memorial service during the next reunion.

Mary K. Peterson Grum says the virus is rampant in TX but she has been able to travel to KY to see her broodmares and foals, all doing well. The oldest foal will be in the Keeneland auction this fall, so she plans to enjoy another trip to Lexington.

Babette Fraser Hale and her 99year old husband, Leon Hale, have been self-isolating at their country place since Feb. Although anxiety is inescapable, they’ve been grateful that their volunteer and business boards have readily accepted Zoom meetings. She has started her first vegetable garden in waist-high boxes. Babette’s first collection of short stories, “A Wall of Bright Dead Feathers,” is due to be published next spring. Her husband’s retirement journal may also be published to coincide with his 100th birthday. She really misses her grandchildren, but there are green growing things in the country, and there is FaceTime.

Bunny Sutton Healy and husband, Jay, are lucky duckies, living in western MA and NH where there is little COVID. They are missing the kids and grandkids, some in MA and some in CO, and no one is flying.

Bunny sees friends on their decks, is enjoying cooking and missing eating out. Great progress on to-do lists!

And Jay is busier than ever in his lumber business.

Betsy Benoit Hoover and her 85-year-old husband are hibernating, gardening and enjoying FaceTime with daughters and granddaughters.

The week before George Floyd’s death, her church began a Social Justice and Racial Reconciliation Task Force, a program developed by the National Episcopal Church

called Sacred Ground. Her group of 30 people now meets by Zoom to look at race relations in our country since its inception and at visible and invisible prejudices. Walking, hiking, gardening and attending Zoom meetings with the Denver Master Gardeners, her political precinct, several book clubs and other activities fill her days.

Nancy MacMeekin is accustomed to living alone in a wooded, semi-rural area. She is reading and being slothful and watching news too frequently. Nancy made a couple of face masks after not sewing for years, but the machine jammed and she bought others. As the quarantine started, she wondered if we were living in the plots of old science fiction stories. Then the electricity failed, and she wondered if it would come back on, which it did. An international trip with Vicky Thoma Barrette had to be delayed to 2021, or when? Nancy has a group of friends who hike, bike, kayak and enjoy nature with social distancing and masks ready when needed. Zoom keeps her in touch with Vicky, her sister, and some church activities. It’s a good time to catch up on outdoor home repairs and help small local businesses stay alive.

Bonnie Chapman McClure says she and her husband were unable to buy masks or sanitizer for ages so really locked down, knitting and Netflix. At first, people could only walk a half mile alone, no walking with friends. Eventually they could walk a mile from their property for exercise but had to show a document to the police if they were stopped. They’ve seen people and dogs they never knew existed near their tiny village.

People are good about masking up for the supermarket, and smaller places only allow one or two people in at a time. Customers continue to queue outside; what will it be like in winter? Bonnie finally was able to get to the stables—horses wrote the book on social distancing. Even the pony club kids have been reasonable.

Laura Haskell Phinizy continues to care for her husband with part-time help, which is hard to schedule. Daughter, Laura, brought her twins to Laura’s home to finish the school year on Zoom while their mother taught school on Zoom till mid-June. Granddaughter, Sarah

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Frances, rode horseback near Edgefield, SC. The extended family was unable to take their annual Kanuga vacation, a three-generation tradition. Laura and Stewart are celebrating the 51st anniversary of moving to their home in Augusta!

Mibs Sebring Raney cheers recent newspaper articles about Sweet Briar’s continuing success and innovations and President Woo’s remarkable accomplishments. She and Bev are enjoying the slower pace—reading, gardening, walking their 11-month-old Cockapoo puppy and cooking. They are missing the Brevard Music Center’s fine concerts.

Foreigners with out-of-state licenses are fleeing to the mountains, causing traffic and not wearing masks. Visitors may bring COVID but they also are spending money in their little town that benefits from overnight camping. Since manufacturing left in the 80s and 90s, tourism is the only moneymaker for the regional economy.

Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads says that since the 55th reunion was not to be, she and Katy Weinrich Van Geel, Susan Strong McDonald and Anne English Wardwell are seeing each other and catching up by Zoom. She and her husband walk in the park; she and her partners play bridge online. Their church services are available via Facebook. On a visit to Blowing Rock, NC, they saw as many tourists as ever; restaurant staff were wearing masks and seated them far from others. Carol does see her daughter and family when they visit the NC mountains; her son from AR also has visited.

Saralyn McAfee Smith has sheltered at home for five months. Her daughter, Laura Smith Tawater, was selected by the Kansas Republican Party to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention. Laura also organized and is president of a new political club, the Wild West Republican Women of Dodge City, KS. Laura’s 12-year-old daughter will be in 8th grade at Dodge City Middle School, much to her relief after finishing school at home last spring.

She hopes to resume her activities in track and as a cheerleader. Saralyn had a bad spell with her heart stopping repeatedly in Jan., but, thanks to Hamp’s quick action in pumping her heart and calling an ambulance,

she survived. She was air-lifted to Wichita for stent surgery, and has been fine since. Between her meds and Hamp’s, their bathroom looks like a pharmacy.

Sally McCrady Hubbard appreciates her classmates writing about all the different ways they have adjusted to life during a pandemic. We are survivors, and we have Zoom, Netflix, books, gardens and cooking.

She is proud of us all. A late spring hike in France on a third section of the Camino de Santiago had to be postponed indefinitely. Sally has survived by hiking and reading more than usual and by making face masks for neighbors, the gas station, the elementary school, deaf students who needed masks with a vinyl window, the post office, a medical clinic, a pediatrician’s office, and her children and granddaughter Margaret.

Honestly, without that daily sewing project, she would have been a basket case of anxieties. Daughter, Anna, evacuated from San Francisco and is staying with a friend in Santa Rosa.

Son Hayne’s office has managed to supply its international employees with laptops, software and WiFi, and not lay anyone off. Sally will have a precious if brief visit with them during their drive from Fort Worth to Pittsburgh (safer than flying?) to take Margaret back to Carnegie Mellon where she’s a junior in technical theatre (sound). Sewanee students will return to extreme restrictions— cars and extra stuff are discouraged in case they have to shut down and send everyone home. Classes are limited to 10 people, some in tents.

College without partying? Whatever next.

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Penn Willets Mullin-Fullerton 124 Linden Ln. San Rafael, CA 94901 pennhome@aol.com To the ladies on lockdown (aka the Class of 1966): Where once we were worried about the freshman-15, now we are faced with the COVID-19! Hello all! I hope this finds you well! Reading your submissions has been a process that stirred deep reflection within me. Perhaps your words had a particular impact during this uncertain time. And

your words have made me so proud: proud to be your classmate, proud of your courage, proud of your love for your college, impressed with your resilience.

Classmates have dealt with the quarantine in interesting ways!

One who shall go nameless admits dashing out of her house one night braless and maskless to photograph a nearby demonstration! (Veteran reporter.) Others of us report channeling their inner slob. This made me feel that I am not alone. (Thank you, Sid!) I sense that all of you feel the importance now more than ever of connection. We will get through this time and thrive again, reaching out with love and support of one another. For, as Cherry Brown Peters so rightly wrote, “This is what Sweet Briar women do!”

Starting off with Judy Barthold De Simone, who shares her gratitude that she and Frank are safe and well. They have shocked themselves by getting a puppy, after vows of never again! You guys are not as nutso as you think! Have fun! Judy sends best wishes that all of us stay well!

Since Jan., Cherry Brown Peters has been challenged with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, but has finished with her chemo now and feels very encouraged. Having her sister nearby during this time has meant so much to her. Cherry is hunkering down to wait for the vaccine, but when it comes, look out, world! We send you so much love and our best wishes, Cherry!

Margaret Brown Bucak has shared the sad news that Sureyya, her husband of 51 years, passed away in April. Our hearts are with you at this time, Margaret. We are glad to learn that your daughter, Ayse Papatya Bukak, has published a book of short stories, “The Trojan War Museum.” Congratulations! After COVID, I know you will enjoy getting back to your job as a bus aide for special needs kids. Stay well now!

“Who knew it was so interesting to live in an historic district?!” writes Betty Booker from Richmond, where she and Dabney are hunkered down in their neighborhood right in the center of many protests. They are grateful to be healthy and keep busy with puttering, Zoom, reading aloud, checking on their farm, just

enjoying their home while all around them there has been upheaval this summer. Betty keeps up with Ginny Lee Butters, her freshman roomie and ardent environmentalist. Ginny, we need to hear from you for our next class notes!

Nancy Bullard Reed has some exciting news to share: her son, Poulson Reed, has been consecrated Episcopal Bishop of OK! Congratulations to all!

From NYC comes news from Lin Campbell, who reports that she and her husband are fine, self-isolating but still keeping up with Susan Kjeldsen Roos with b.y.o. front steps lunches! In normal times, Lin often lunches with Pam Mendolia Abernathy and Pat Grommel Young at the Morgan Library Café. A highlight last fall was when Lousie Durona Sklower joined them when in town from Paris! Lin is glad she is able to keep up with her patients via teletherapy sessions during this time.

And, she loves the claps for frontline workers every night!

Jean Campbell Barquin reports that she and her husband are still in their Bethesda house of 37 years with a son and grandkids right close by. She now winters on FL’s east coast at the Hillsborough Club to be near their daughter. Life is very busy with grandkids, but Jean and her husband still find time for tennis, paddle and their new sport, croquet!

She shares that she is missing friends and looks forward to traveling as soon as COVID allows!

“It takes a vineyard to homeschool a child!” writes Vicki Chainski Verity from Beaufort, SC. The pandemic has had a silver lining in that her daughter and grandson have moved in with Vicki and her husband. The rewards have been deeper relationships and lots of memories made. Other blessings are reconnecting with friends, cocktails and yoga on zoom and getting to live in such a beautiful place! Vicki, we want to hear more about your vineyard!

Maybe you can consult at SBC! The past months have been filled with many emotions for Keenan Colton Kelsey, who writes that she lives with “daily dichotomies of grief and fear, confusion and anger, uncertainty and judgment,” alongside “great gratitude and personal introspection and discernment of

values and yearning, poignant love for family and friends. Around both extremes, lots of prayer!” At the same time, she admits feeling restless, anxious, eager, lazy, distracted and unmotivated. Sound familiar to some of you? Keenan is grateful for health and having a wonderful guy in her life and for Zoom as a way to keep informed and reach out.

She is immensely proud of SBC and its work to keep us solvent and proactive during this time. She feels so honored to be part of the board.

Blessings to all from Keenan!

Anne Frothingham Cross writes from Nantucket that she has faced a major health challenge in the past couple of years as she battles ovarian cancer. She feels extremely blessed to have such amazing medical care and to have had intervals of enough wellbeing to be able to join Dennis and her family in FL and VT. Anne’s positive attitude and courage will serve her well. She is so grateful to have been able to move in with her daughter and family in Wellesley during the COVID time. Anne is thrilled with the wonderful job Sweet Briar and its staff are doing.

Anne, our hearts and best wishes are with you!

Congratulations to Ann Crowe Griffin on 50 years of teaching in the public school system! Ann is so happy to have her daughter and four children nearby to Duluth where she lives; her son lives in SC. Ann is a fighter and a survivor of various health challenges, more and more a story for all of us now. We wish you well and will keep you in our hearts.

Evie Day Butler and Jeff have moved back to Ft. Worth where their son William’s family lives. It’s like coming home, since Jeff was Headmaster of Ft. Worth Country Day for many years. Son Jeff is a firefighter in Ft. Collins, CO. Nancy Conkle Swann writes from her island home on St. Barthelemy that she has enjoyed the feeling of safety there during these uncertain times. She and David, who passed away in 2018, discovered this idyllic spot in 1971 and returned every year.

Nancy keeps up this tradition. She’s back home in Atlanta now, since her island airport finally opened up!

After a lifetime in DC, NYC and FL, Robin Cutler has moved to the west coast! That took courage! The prize: getting to be near her two

daughters and grandsons. But just as she arrived in Oakland, the lockdown did too. She has been living in a retirement community, hoping to get to see her family more and meet some people (hard in masks!) Robin is grateful to Zoom for being able to connect to the outside world. Randi, Keenan and I are in touch with her and hope to get together soon! So glad to welcome her to CA! Congrats to Ellie Gilmore Massie, who married Pete Taylor on Feb. 22, 2020! He was a high school and college beau. Their first date was in 1961! “Better late than never!” writes Ellie. A wedding is such wonderful news!! Yay! El Griggs Diemar writes that her husband, Bob, who has been battling health and vision problems for some time, has suddenly developed Parkinson’s-related cognitive issues.

Our thoughts are so much with you, El, as you face these challenges with Bob. I hope that you have a large network of friends and family for support right now.

Harriette Horsley Sturges is sure that now that her second son has moved to Louisburg where she lives, both her boys will be making sure Harriette and her husband behave! Ha! Harriette has been using the pandemic time for in-depth exploration of racial issues. She is hopeful that the protests will bring change. “Changing laws is important but changing minds is just as important, harder to accomplish. We really need transformation. Minds and hearts are needed.”

“Spending an occasional day in my robe is not a bad thing!” writes Sally Kalber Fiedler from Richmond. I second that! Yes! Sally speaks of missing friends and wishing she could get out and about, but otherwise, she and her husband are fine. She sends her best wishes to all to stay healthy!

Ann Kerr Preaus reports that she and Gene had a wonderful trip to visit their daughter in the mountains of NC. Randi Miles Long fits more into one day during the quarantine! I am amazed at how many scrapbooks and memoirs she’s done!

I feel like a slacker when we talk! She and Herb celebrated 54 years of marriage this June! They are gardeners, birders, hikers and very involved in the social outreach of their church and community. Zoom helps them

keep in close touch with daughter, Melissa, in Charlotte and son, Kent, who lives nearby. I miss my breakfasts with Randi in Berkeley! We will resume….

Harrah Lord writes from Rockport, ME, that she was recently married to John Newburn. Congratulations, Harrah! It’s great to have this wedding news for our class!

Harrah tells the story of being at SBC and suddenly noticing students in tears, looking at their phones. She thought: What’s happened? It was the day of the announcement of the College’s closing, a devastating moment to be on campus. So, Harrah feels especially elated to see how well Sweet Briar is doing now!

Jane Nelson divides her time between Richmond and Culpeper these days. Keeping up the house in Culpeper has her pretty busy when she’s there. She misses St. Paul’s Church in Richmond and her great community there. Zoom cannot replace real people contact, she says. I sure agree! Recently she shared golden time with her niece and nephew on a visit to Culpeper. Jane is so pleased with the wonderful job of leadership from President Woo and her staff. And a special thank you, Jane, for all your help to Gracie for the annual fund!

“I still have a great horse to ride and enjoy! And my gardens!” writes Abby Patterson Shultis from Southern Pines. Abby is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s and is making plans to sell her little farm in the next few years and transition to one of the many senior facilities nearby.

She misses everyone and is excited for reunion!

Natalie Roberts Funk and Jeff are really enjoying their retirement facility in Ellicott City, MD. It’s been very different now with COVID, but Natalie has a great attitude. She and Jeff are busy planning trips for as soon as the travel ban is lifted! But she is saving time for sure to come to reunion next spring and connect with everyone!

Our hearts go out to Sheila Nolan Fuller on the loss of her husband, Bob, last October to a respiratory illness. Shelia writes from FL, where she is staying well and slowly adjusting to widowhood, hard work.

Certainly, this challenge is one many classmates are experiencing. Maybe some words of encouragement

and good tips could be shared for navigating these unfamiliar waters.

Contact information is available at the SBC alumnae office. Shelia is pleased that Bob’s grandson, Matt Fuller, graduated from Princeton and may be headed to the State Department!

“I am not about to quit now after we worked so hard to save the College,” writes Marcia Pace Lindstrom. I think she speaks for all of us who continue to support Sweet Briar. Marcia admires President Woo’s leadership, the core curriculum and the wonderful agricultural projects underway. Marcia and her husband are now living in Pensacola, her hometown, to be near her parents, who are 96 and 101! Marcia enjoyed a wonderful trip to Ireland with Jeannie Jackson Exum last year, and they keep up with online bridge!

Andrea Peason Pennington and her husband have downsized to a smaller house and report it’s still quite a work in progress! But they’re determined! They are trying to be good about the sheltering rules while still enjoying their AL summer!

Lucky gal Martha Madden Swanson got on a cruise to HI and a visit with her daughter right before the lockdown hit! Now back home, she and her husband feel lucky to have their son bringing them groceries!

Good man! Martha keeps busy on a board at Georgetown and leading the School of Hope Foundation Board, which raises funds for a Jesuit model high school in Nairobi. Martha is very excited that Sweet Briar will open in person this fall!

“For an only-child like me, having 12 grandkids is an amazing experience!” writes Pearl Riggan Adamson from Richmond. Most of the grands live nearby too! Pearl and Cassell had a wonderful visit with all four of their kids this summer!

I had never had the chance to know Pearl well while at SBC, but getting to room with her at our last reunion was golden!

Penny Steketee Sidor’s husband, Marion Joseph, was finally able to have hip surgery, she reports. The promise of being back on the golf course was sure to spur him on to diligent rehab! With cardigan corgi Drea at her side, Susan Sudduth Hiller is filling her days, especially Sundays, with lots of Zoom calls to keep in touch with her church

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and her outreach community in Little Rock. She misses the in-person contact, though, with hospice and some of her grief workshops. Her NY/GA grandkids and daughter Penn are never far away via Zoom, and she has been able to virtually attend many celebrations this spring!

Susan, Keenan, Jane Nelson and I are so disappointed to have to postpone our annual mini-reunion this summer. But it will happen! Susan writes of how proud she is of Sweet Briar, President Woo and her staff.

“Kudos to all!” She sends hopes and prayers to each of us for peace and good health.

Jane Taylor Ryan and John are now living in Somersworth, NH. John just recently entered a memory care facility, so having their daughter and grandkids living nearby is such a support for Jane. Our prayers and best wishes go out to you, Jane, in this challenging time.

Sally Thomas Hoffman and her husband celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a Viking River Cruise in Europe! Congratulations, you two! This was Sally’s husband’s first time in Europe, but Sally confided that she had hitchhiked there in the late 60s! Who knew?? Sally is active with the Seattle American Sewing Guild and misses her sewing buddies during lockdown. Her garden and tending five acres of woods give her plenty of exercise!

Sid Turner, hunkering down, worries: “Will I recognize friends and family if they are wearing masks and haven’t been to the hairdresser in months? Will I resent having to be presentable and be somewhere on time? Will I be alive when the Sweet Briar magazine is published? Here are things I am grateful for: Amazon and the kind people from church who bring us groceries, Zoom, email, PBS, NPR, uninterrupted time to do things around the house, and most importantly, that Lee and I got out of the hospital/rehab before COVID really hit! Keep calm and carry on!”

Di Simrell Savory writes of her deep gratitude to all who helped carry her through the loss of her husband Philip in 2017 at age 87. She is hugely thankful to Kathy Sheahan Reid, who held her hand through that painful journey. We send our love and prayers now to Kathy, who

is dealing with the challenge of serious illness herself. Kathy sends blessings and hopes that those who knew her well will write her at kathleensreid@gmail.com or 3821 Crescent Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93110.

Kathy thinks back often of her joys and challenges at SBC. Di continues to teach at Washington Montessori School in CT. “This has sparked my life,” says Di. Teaching via Zoom has been a challenge, though!

Hooray for Gracie Butler Tucker, our stellar class fund agent! You are amazing and we are so grateful for your nudging us along each year as we support our College! Gracie writes of how much she enjoyed working with Jane Nelson on their list this year. In Princeton, Gracie and Jotham are trying to keep healthy.

Lots of walks, gardening, and they love staying connected to their community and church through Zoom.

They have managed to virtually see two of their children and families during the pandemic, but haven’t ventured too far. Stay healthy, everyone, Gracie orders! We need to be physically present for reunion next May 28-30 at Sweet Briar!

From Rutgers Medical School where she and her husband teach came a check-in from Muriel Wikswo Lambert. She shares that it’s been quite a challenge teaching large classes via WebEx! All three of Muriel’s children are also in medicine.

Amazing! She is happy to report that she has four grandchildren!

We were so saddened to learn of the passing of Judy Wilson Grant on June 15 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Multos amavit a multis amata. She loved many, by many she was loved. These final words of her obituary certainly work to capture the kind of person Judy was: Sweet Briar board member, tireless philanthropist and community leader in Denver, vice-regent of Mt. Vernon. She and Newell have four children and many grandchildren, who will be a source of strong support for Newell. Who can forget Judy’s constant, welcoming smile, her bubbly presence? I can picture her so clearly back when we were students.

She shall be missed as she is loved, by so many.

Closing now, and sending you all every good wish to stay safe and healthy! I have enjoyed having this

chance to hear from so many of you and catch up on your lives. I myself feel very blessed to have my three children and eight grandchildren here in northern CA! Throughout COVID I have sheltered in place off and on with my daughter and her family who live close by, and this has been a wonderful support. Right now, my life is enriched by grandchildren, gardening, books, close friends, walks with Keenan every week and fly-fishing when I get the chance!

Take good care, all, and plan on Reunion next May! Penn Willets Mullin-Fullerton. xxoo

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Gail Robins O’Quin 2651 Kleinert Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70806-6823 cgrobins@ix.netcom.com Hard to believe that half of 2020 is gone, especially with this staycation in place. I do hope everyone is well and not too bored (although there are worse conditions than boredom!). The big winner for the responder kudos to my request for news is Janie Willingham McNabb.

She reported, “Right now we are on vacation at Fripp Island, SC, with all my children and grandchildren and having a wonderful time. My news is that I’ve got three grandchildren going off to college this next fall and of the 21 (WOW!) the rest are either in college already or out or still in high school, middle school and even one in grammar school; they keep us busy (I’d say so!). My big ongoing project is to let each grandchild choose at age seventeen somewhere in the United States where he/she wants to go. I’ve been taking one or two trips a year seeing this wonderful country through the eyes of a grandchild! I’m enjoying these trips because I’ve really never seen the United States (what a way to see it and develop lifelong memories for everyone)! Just hope COVID has not required you to cancel your plans!

Adele Laslie Kellman and her husband bought a home just south of Sarasota in Osprey, FL, in 2017 and started spending winters there.

“Our plan is to move permanently to FL, but we are in the process of selling our summer home in the

Berkshires first. We became grandparents in Aug. of 2017 to granddaughter, Emily Tutor, and make frequent visits to see our daughter, Allison, son-in-law, Nick Tudor, and Emily in Andorra where they all live.

We spent two summers ago in Great Barrington, MA, and then went in the fall to Europe to visit our family, also making a trip into France for five nights and then a trip to Holland for 10 rain filled days, eight of them on a barge. We also went on a five-night trip to Havana, Cuba, which we really enjoyed. Son, Simon, is living and working in NY with his girlfriend.”

Hope the Kellmans have been able to continue with their traveling!

Linda Fite claims that she beats me in being “the biggest slug on the block.” We’ll have to have a face-off!

Fite’s news: “The pandemic has been really, really interesting to me (in the abstract). We have lived a long time, and we have gone through a lot of traumatic and searing history during those decades, especially since (for most of us) the first 10 or so years were pretty swell, no? A bunch of privileged little white girls living a Father Knows Best kind of TV existence, going to school, playing with our friends, watching The Mickey Mouse Club and eating all kinds of stuff we now consider bad—not to mention (in my case, in AL) chasing after the DDT trucks driving through the neighborhood, spraying clouds of toxic materials out the back! But then came incursions of the grimmer reality (much of which was not shared with us kids by my parents): the house un-American activities witch hunts, the Korean conflict, the abiding racism, J. Edgar Hoover’s creepy FBI. But we went off to Sweet Briar just as the folk music thing had begun in earnest, just as the civil rights protests were starting, then the president was assassinated! And then it seemed like people were getting killed all over— other assassinations, and then the Vietnam War and all its horrors, and then Watergate, for crying’ out loud! And more deadly riots, and then the World Trade Center and Pentagon terrorist attacks. And then the school shootings started, and the going postal shootings and the just random, crazy shootings. It’s a wonder any of us ever drew a calm breath. Of course, we are still privi-

leged white ladies, and frankly that helps in this crazy world, but not really. And the pandemic has shown that nobody is safe. It’s downright biblical! You know, the passage about two women working in the fields, and one is taken and one isn’t, no rhyme or reason. (Well, of course, there is a reason with COVID-19: You get the virus!) And that’s the (abstractly) interesting part for me: that no one is immune, that everyone on the planet is vulnerable. We could/should learn something from that. It really is very much like an alien invasion, the kind where they make the Hollywood movie, the kind that brings the whole world together to fight the invaders. Only, in this case, in the U.S. at least, it seems to be yet another thing to tear us apart.

People throwing conspiracy theories around, accusing scientists of having some weird political motives, etc., etc. Anyway...pardon my diversion!

I will now give a class notes report!!

(Leave it to Linda to summarize the last 70 years of our lives!)

The pandemic hasn’t had a huge effect on my quotidian life. I mostly just hung out before the coronavirus swept the globe, so I pretty much still do that—hang out. I work from home (freelance copy editor), so I continue doing that. One of my kids lives around the block, so I have had almost daily contact with her and the grandkids, which has helped the isolation thing. I started making more art for a while—really enjoyed that.

My non-boyfriend (don’t ask—we wouldn’t dare), an artist, was encouraging. In fact, he and I and another artist had a group show (around the theme of the old canal here) planned for Aug. at a little gallery, but it probably won’t happen because of the pandemic. I saw Pam Ford Kelley in late Feb., down in FL, and we’ve Zoomed (with a couple of other pals) since then. Oh! And this is the first time I got into FaceTime with family and friends. I love it. One other pandemic activity: I am going through drawers and boxes, throwing out letters, papers, photographs that are obsolete or would be of zero interest to my kids or their kids.

I’m grateful that it’s summer now and I can hang out on the screened porch!” Just be glad you are in a climate where you can hang out on a screened porch! AC does not cut it

on screened porches!

Toni Naren Gates and Linda are kindred spirits. “Like Linda, I have been sorting through all the gruesome events of our collective 75 years and trying to understand why this pandemic just seems the most monumental. Yes, because as white women we were more observers, intellectual protesters, distant fighters and the real stuff wasn’t directly happening to us. Yes, because so many horrific acts happened to some and not all, we were horrified and terrified...angry beyond belief, but not personally victimized. But this virus has the potential to infect everyone, and no one knows if they can survive it or it will bring them down. It does feel like you could personify this pandemic as a King Kong-like monster stalking through cities, suburbs and countryside destroying victims as it passes by with little regard to who or why. When we were not even hugging our grandchildren in the beginning of this, you know it’s messed with your mind! Like everyone else, we’ve cancelled trips and pulled in our outreach to a precious few. But, we summer in the Adirondacks and are here now. We are able to get up every morning and look at the lake and the mountains. We have our daughter and her family just down the lake from us. We have a few local friends we can hang out on the dock with and share a drink and a meal.

So, we count our blessings. And through all of this, there have definitely been some positives for our family. The pause turned us inward, and we did things that, well, we just didn’t ever seem to have time for before. To end, our favorite early spring activity was to have a date night most nights. We ate a quick dinner, then went down to our viewing room and became very hooked on Netflix.

Loved many shows but in the end, Ozark ruled! Of course, I hope everyone stays safe and well. We, too, are trying our best!”

Bonnie Blew Pierie reports, “The COVID crisis hit us first in FL with the state closing up. We prepared for departing for the north (MA) with the understanding that the closure would lift for travel in the beginning of May. Traveling by car, bringing along our elderly cat, we stayed over two nights, wiping down the rooms and bringing our own food. It was

stressful but successful. Our summer was supposed to be spent getting our northern house ready for sale, but there seems to be too much outside work for two old people sporting bad backs to have time for sorting and tossing. (Yet it seems we are still capable enough to go spend a week over the 4th at our daughter’s taking care of horses, a dog and 3 wild cats, one needing to be caught to go to the vet for removal of stitches.) We are looking forward to a time when we can do some couch potato activity but know we will also miss being way-too-busy.” All understood!

Amazing that children who worry about their elderly parents can assign tasks with which we would have had trouble completing at the ripe old age of 40!

Eleanor Marie Crossley is like most of us, “hunkering down and following the virus guidelines, I will be 85 this year, so I am certainly in the high-risk group. David and I will celebrate our 3rd anniversary this Sept., and we haven’t killed each other in quarantine yet, so we must be doing something right.” You are amazing— can’t believe that it has been three years since you tied the knot; yes, you’re doing a lot right!

Mary French “Bonnie” Jackson (now Mary Azima Jackson) has shared some fascinating news (she’s kept it under wraps). She writes, “I have loved seeing others’ news, so thought I’d share some. Only SBC person I have seen in years was Carroll Randolph Barr two or three years ago in Larchmont, NY, when she was visiting family. That was a treat for me! She was great and hadn’t changed much to my eyes.

Otherwise, to recap my last year, the downside was that I was diagnosed with metastatic cancer last Oct. with a deadline for life. However, I have passed the deadline, and plan to be around for quite a while longer. I decided not to go the medical route for the most part, so I have a good quality of life and am getting stronger. The upside of this last year, is that I published a little picture book about songs I wrote and sang on a CD that are in the back of the book.

I am actually using my own songs to comfort me on this present healing journey. It’s called ‘Journey of Song for Life’s Transitions.’ It can be ordered from my website, maryazima.

com.” Be sure to check it out. Bonnie is one more courageous and talented SBC woman (Dean Pearl would have insisted on Lady!).

Maria Wiglesworth Hemmings claims that “COVID did it. I had to resign from the hospital or become a patient as I am at high-risk for the virus. On to the next gig whatever it may be. So, no travel this year but we are playing golf and did make it to the Adirondacks. And we just made it to WY and back to ski before CT shut down. Time to read Thomas Merton (for us uninitiated Roman Catholic monk, poet and prolific writer on spiritual and social themes, one of the most important American Roman Catholic writers of the 20th century). Stay healthy all; this virus is wicked.” Can’t wait to hear what Maria’s next gig will be— something fascinating, no doubt!

Victoria Jones Baker is or was still tripping the light fantastic. “As some wag stated, ‘The worst purchase of 2019 was a 2020 year-planner!’ Lee and I couldn’t have imagined what the next months would be like when we embarked on our wonderful South American cruise from Santiago to Buenos Aires on Feb. 6, returning on the 21st. It was good luck to get that experience in, because the coronavirus has kept us practicing safer-at-home ever since. We figure we have made it this far, and we want to be alive to enjoy more travel and ballroom dancing—two of our favorite hobbies—when this whole thing is finally over. It has been a spring and summer of home improvement and garden projects, creating photo albums online, diverse volunteer work, keeping up with family and friends via the Internet and phone, working on a presentation called Badass Women Pirates, and doing our part to flatten the curve—which has been futile here in virus-raging FL. At least I’ve been able to Skype with my 100-year-old mom, who remains in high spirits in an assisted living facility in Melbourne and will be 101 in Sept. Hang in there, everyone, and stay safe.”

Judy Bensen Stigle says, “Hello to you all, and I hope you are being safe and staying healthy. Here in FL our numbers are bad but we know no one who has been infected.

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Bill and I are still in Baton Rouge, ready to kill each other being locked up together for what seems like years. I’ve been classed as elderly and have not disappointed the category. I fell getting into bed when this quarantine first started and broke two ribs—it’s a lot harder healing process than it was 30 years ago! I’m doing well but am being a lot more cautious! Bill decided that he needed a man cave and has totally converted the garage into a bar, TV viewing station, etc.; the only thing it is lacking is a cot so I cannot lock him outside! Actually, it has kept him occupied and it is rather unique; it was even featured in the local paper as being “The Ultimate Tailgate!” If we could just control the mosquitoes without poisoning ourselves and guests! We and two other couples are scheduled to go to St. Augustine in Sept. Hopefully we’ll have a little change of scenery! Everyone stay safe and be well! This too shall pass, one way or the other. Gail

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Betsy Wolfe: “Last March, I moved to Columbia, SC, with my husband Ed Jacobson. Ed moved into an Alzheimer’s residence there, where, despite COVID restrictions, we had a good, lengthy visit. Ed’s death at the end June was followed by a funeral service and later a memorial service with friends in CA and SC via Zoom. It all went quite well. Now I am happy to be in Columbia with my large, close family (six siblings and many nieces and nephews), bicycling and walking daily with relatives plus swimming in a brother’s pool. All in all, I feel like a very fortunate woman. I have enjoyed catching up with my roommates, Francie deSaussure Meade and Martha Bennett.”

Pam Boyd Daniel: “Husband Dave and I are still kicking and feeling good. We were in charge of homeschooling our two grandkids last

spring and have Zoom down! (Using Zoom might be a possible way to meet and greet our class members).

Because of the uptick in coronavirus cases here in FL, we may be homeschooling the girls for the first quarter of school in the fall. Everything else is pretty quiet for us. I am keeping my blood pressure down by ignoring politics! I hope everyone is well.”

Katey Buster: “After our Savannah plans were cancelled by COVID, I went birding as spring migration was in full swing in April/May in KY, where I now live after growing up near Lexington. Birding is a great escape from the coronavirus scene— social distancing is natural, easy, no mask, just immersion in the present moment. I visited KY nature preserves and other new places. I have many projects including genealogy as the local University of KY is doing a special collection on both sides of my family. My health is good except for gradual loss of vision due to glaucoma. I continue to feel blessed at my age and feel gratitude that I was able to experience once normal lifestyles before the age of COVID-19. Stay safe during these turbulent times!”

Sara Granath: “Greetings from Tullinge, Sweden. Of course, my favorite things are cancelled: live sports with an audience, including the Olympics and various world cups. No theatre, no opera, no international theatre research conference in Galway, Ireland. But I make do with lots of TV and books, my daily French and Portuguese exercises on Duolingo and long walks. I talk to people I meet, at a distance. I meet with my book club outdoors and sometimes have coffee with a friend, outdoors. Far away friends and colleagues I meet via Zoom. No financial problems, since I am retired.

Some weeks I spend at my brother’s summer house, mostly alone. I am very privileged and quite OK.” Barbara Baur Dunlap: “Despite the news about AZ spikes in COVID, we are all fine. I hope COVID has not affected SBC too much because it is a treasure. We are still busy with Bible studies and our 14 U.S. grandkids. Our daughter, Holly, cares over some wonderful kiddos in Malawi. Malawi has a new president who we hope works out well for the people there. Love to you all.”

Mary King Craddock: “I am sending a photograph of suite-mates reunited: (left to right) Susie Hill Glick, Mary King Craddock and Marilyn Meyers Buckey. We had a wonderful reunion visiting Marilyn in her home in Akron, OH. What a great time we enjoyed, reminiscing and toasting our wonderful times at Sweet Briar. Lots of champagne and many recollections made a perfect visit last Aug. I think we still look the same!”

Ann Biggs Lewis Jackson: “I’ve been enjoying the wide-open spaces of my farm in MD and gardening. I left FL in late March when curfew was imposed and beaches closed. Locked down with nothing better to do, everything in the vegetable garden got a head start in my greenhouse, so I’m enjoying earlier than usual crops as well as trickster bridge. Other than that, life is pretty dull. Stay well everyone, wear your masks!”

Libby Harvey FitzGerald: “During this challenging pandemic, I’ve continued major community involvement with my Rotary club, blood drives, social service programs for seniors and homeless, mentoring high school students, working to preserve our Petaluma Historic District, participating in anti-racist discussions, securing donations for new science/chemistry building at our local Junior College as well as enjoying our prolific back yard garden (special meditation there every morning), outdoor exercise with personal trainer in a local park, bicycling, hiking and washing masks every few days! The mask in the photo is disposable—ha!”

Nancy Hickox Wright ’68 fights COVID-19 with pink and green

Susie Hill Glick ’68, Mary King Craddock and Marilyn Meyers enjoying a suite-mates reunion in Aug. 2019

Martha Bennett Pritchett Connor: “I hope all of you and your families are well. I have good book club suggestions: Jill McCorkle’s Hieroglyphics, Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy (this is also an excellent movie) and Frances Mayes’s Under the Tuscan Sun and Women in Sunlight (four women who don’t know each other heading to Italy for a year instead of moving into a retirement village). I think you will enjoy it— just given our age. I so enjoyed seeing

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all of you during our Zoom! Don’t know that much has changed since then except that this routine is getting old! It is in the high 80s and low 90s in Durham, but it is summer.

We get away to the lake, but it is hot

Martha Bennett Pritchett Connor ’68 with five of her six darling grandchildren

there also. All in all, life is good! Enjoy your day!

Frances Kirven Morse: “John and I sold our eight-room house of 20 years in Redwood City, CA, and moved 10 miles down the road to Channing House—a senior continuing care community in Palo Alto. It’s kind of like being back in a college dorm (but with private bathrooms!). There are friendly, creative, active and interesting people here, and lots of concerts and talks. The COVID-19 crisis has put a damper on many things, but we do feel safe.

We are still near our daughter and her family, but have not been able to visit much with them in person.

Zoom is not quite the same. Our grandkids are teenagers (13 and 16, need I say more?!). For each of

their birthdays, we did a surprise chalk birthday greeting in the street in front of their house. We were amazed that we could actually squat down enough to do this.

As for Sweet Briar News, Nancy and I are so proud of our awesome 61.5% class giving percentage!

COVID-19 forced us to cancel our class mini-reunion in Savannah, but we are hoping to do it next April.

Maybe more of you can join us. Stay tuned!”

Nancy Hickox Wright: “I am sending a one-armed hug and much love and gratitude to all the dear women of the Class of ’68. I know we have always been off the charts but because of your generosity and willingness to help, we are now officially off the charts! 61.5%! I’m sorry that thank you notes will be a little late— this happens when you’re 73 and trip over your own feet! I thank all of you from the bottom of my heart.”

Anne Kinsey Dinan: “Well, 2020 has certainly proven to be an eye-opening experience that all of us hope will never be repeated. Terry and I are just waiting for an opportunity to visit our children and grandchildren, as well as our extended families, without using a computer screen! On the other hand, Zoom has been very helpful. I hope and pray that our country will be able to return to reason before we reach year 2021. Meanwhile, I wish all our classmates a soon and safe release from COVID-19. What a difficult year this has been. After hoping for

It is now official: this is the best class ever! Our 50th reunion was just perfect! So many made it back and so many others contributed to our memory project! It was so heartwarming to hear about your many accomplishments and your families. (The memory project was attached as a pdf to my recent call for information. If you missed it, let me know and I will forward it.) We also won the participation award for 25th through 50th reunion classes in 2019 for our participation rate of 35.9%. All of this success is down to the years of leadership by Ginny Stanford Perdue! She has had many able lieutenants over the years—too many to name here—but Ginny has been the glue that has held us together and we cannot thank her enough. So, take a minute to thank her (or reach out to her at ginnyperdue@comcast.net ) as she hands the reins over to Martha Brewer.

I apologize again for the lack of a report through last year. I moved

just before our 50th and lost my long time email a month later. I forgot to tell SBC about the new one! But hopefully you have my email now and can keep in touch—please! Also, before the 50th, Ginny and I worked on lists of who wanted to hear from just us, who wanted to hear from just SBC and who wanted the whole enchilada! These preferences may have changed and I encourage, beg, plead with you to keep me up on your contact info and preferences.

I did not hear from many this time. Summer and COVID have conspired to keep us focused elsewhere. But I send you greetings from Emerald Isle, NC, where my small family is cautiously gathered for our first real gathering since March. Here is the news so far: Atlee Walker sent a note about her successful quarantine so far. Like many of us, living in a retirement village is both protection and risk.

Our ages are negatives but delivered meals, groceries and other goods and the Zoom/Facetime options are life savers!

Giana dePaul continues her portrait photography business in Dallas and volunteers at the arboretum and SPCA. She would love for you to friend her on Facebook.

Cathy Hall Stopher has used her COVID time wisely—playing virtual bridge, reading books and finishing puzzles. Like my neighborhood, she meets her neighbors outside for lunch keeping a social distance. She can’t see her five grandchildren—twin boys (four), two other boys and a granddaughter (nine).

Of special note, she and husband Ed celebrated their 50th anniversary.

Also celebrating a 50th anniversary are Ginny and John Perdue. (I

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a hot reprieve from cold weather, we have received an extra-long heat wave!”

Finally, Frances, Nancy and I continue the search for missing classmates. So, please—if you receive this alumnae magazine but did not receive a request for news and photos, please write or email me. My street and email addresses are at the top of these 1968 class notes.

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think many of you who married the year after we graduated must also be marking this wonderful milestone!)

Ginny and John moved several years ago into a smaller place and keep their granddaughter many days. I can’t let this opportunity pass to let you all know the red hair is gone in favor of silver. And she is still beautiful!

It was nice to hear from Peggy Davis Molander all the way from Portland, OR. She and Eric have weathered the COVID storm so far using Zoom and other media to keep in touch with family. She has become an avid golfer during the pandemic also. Good use of time!

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COVID! I hear she is recovering well and that she and Anna love their new home! Leave it to Martha to be an overachiever.

Also celebrating a safe summer is Jan Sheets Jones. She and Jimmy have sheltered at Tybee Island, their summer retreat. As many of you know, the Georgia governor and his mayors were not all on the same page, leading to chaos for many on the right rules to follow. So, Jan and Jimmy took the cautious road and are OK so far although Jimmy is bored I hear.

In October 2019, Mary Mahan Marco got together for a mini-reunion with Midge Yearley, Carolyn Jones Elstner, Sally Boucher Megeath, Ruthie Hoopes, Sue Roessel Gibson and Phyllis Girard. This was especially lovely since none of them were able to go to reunion.

Mary reports that the Philadelphia metro area was hard hit in the early spring but doing much better now. She and Bob have been riding out the pandemic near the beach at their house in Lewes, DE, and only occasionally going back to check on things at the house in West Chester, PA. Like everyone else, they miss seeing their grandchildren, being able to travel and taking part in other social activities. She hopes that those vaccines in trial will get us out of this mess.

Our most faithful classmate is Betsy Blackwell Laundon who

Class of 1969 gathering in Philadelphia includes Mary Mahan Marco, Midge Yearley, Carolyn Jones Elstner, Sally Boucher Megeath Ruthie Hoopes, Sue Roessel Gibson and Phyllis Girard

writes from Lynchburg where her ill husband, Mike, has been in lockdown since mid-March. His speech difficulties make FaceTime difficult, so they are very isolated from each other. So sad! She has kept busy making masks and buttoned extenders to help the nurses keep the mask elastic off their ears. On their behalf, I send my thanks. After decades of mask wearing as an anesthesiologist, I can attest to the wear and tear on your face, ears and hair!

Our wonderful Nancy Crawford Bent also sends news. Like me, she lives in a rural area and so risks are less but even in western MA where they moved three years ago, they are battling the fallout from COVID. Her son lost his job, the son’s fatherin-law is an ER doc (OK so far) and a sister-in-law got anaplasmosis from a tick. So, the normal day-today risks persist as well as the extra burden of the coronavirus. Keep persevering everyone!

Jane Merriam Wickens moved to the Charlottesville area recently to be closer to daughter Amanda. She is working on her bare garden between trips to Cape Cod to their home there. The trips are carefully timed to avoid COVID risks and not as often as Jane would prefer. Still, she keeps busy with her husband’s five children, 14 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren plus her two children and six grandchildren! (Is this a record for our class? Anyone have more?)

On a sad note, I must add some news of deceased classmates. In this case, both transferred out of SBC and graduated elsewhere, but if anyone wants more information or to reach the families, just let me know.

Adele Perry Hart died in May in Fort Worth. She was a University of Texas at Austin grad. She and her husband, Mark, had been married for over 50 years. Also in May, Mary Ann Kilpatrick Russell died in Virginia Beach, VA. After graduating from Emory, she taught French for many years.

As one of the five docs in our class, Avis Brown Yount (dermatology), Martha Brewer (ob-gyn), Elizabeth Lewis Thier (psychiatry), Mary Lee Bell Coffey (emergency medicin), and me, Claudette, (anesthesiology).

I especially hope everyone is staying safe and well. I encourage you to

listen to your doctors and ignore the politicians. We are a terrific class and I want to be sharing news of all of you for many, many more years.

Finally, my guess is that the next deadline for news is January, 2021.

Feel free to send news any time!

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Kris Herzog 20060 Tavernier Dr. Estero, FL 33928 kherzogart.hotmail.com Hi all, oh goodness, what a year!

Boy, I was not all that impressed with 2019, but I would now take it back. Except that if we did, I suspect we would just have to do this one all over again. Better to keep one foot in front of the other. Going forward.

At least I think so. I’ll let you know next year. Please, if you are up to it, do think about reaching out to classmates. Many of us are struggling if not with this bug, then with the distancing thing. Not to mention the usual life issues we all deal with at this age, bug or not. You can get contact info through the SBC banner site, or if that is too much trouble send a note to me or the alumnae office, and we will forward it. We all need each other.

First a shout-out to those who have written about battling the virus.

Stuart Davenport Simrill checked in. “Well, it’s been rough.

After separating ourselves since March 12, we both came down with COVID. Spenser comes home from the hospital today which is a blessing. Before we got sick the gardens were fantastic. We were playing golf most days, very socially distant. I was making masks for everyone. No telling where this came from. Our daughter, Helen, and her precious family moved back home to Atlanta after getting the virus in LA, and then they caught it again from us! So much to learn! We are surrounded by love and nurturing friends. I think my biggest heart opening has been the connections between humility and gratitude. When you get emptied there is only room for love left.”

Baird Hunter Campbell and Bill have been sequestered at home in the Hilton Head area since early March.

“I think my biceps/rotator cuff repair was the last elective surgery per-

at home, “self-quarantining as much as possible. It’s not much fun, but we’re getting along okay. We can always FaceTime family and friends.

Hope all is well with my 1970 classmates!”

Kate Schlech also uses her computer to keep busy after she had to cancel her three-week African safari.

She is “playing some online bridge with old friends from the DOJ about once a week and schedules some more or less regular Zoom calls with friends. That’s about it. Terribly missing my volunteer work at the Library of Congress and at my local library. Doing some research on an obscure topic, 15th and 16th century printers’ marks, just to keep the gray cells synapsing. Lots of reading but all lightweight fare. That’s about all for now. Hope this finds you all safe, sane and healthy.”

Johanna Yaple Wolski and her family “have been at home due to coronavirus for a long time. NJ has things under control now.” She has sent along a happy family photo from pre-COVID times.

Deb Jones says, “We are well, happily. Life is currently eat, walk, read and repeat. The days pass easily and so far, we’ve not gained an ounce.”

Personally, I have more than a few ounces I can lend Deb if she is feeling deprived. Come to think of it many of us can loan her a few so she can catch up by reunion. What are friends for?

Ann Gateley and Ira are hunkered down with their handsome grey feline, Boris, who is 14 but thinks he’s four months. “He is a good companion for us. My days are all identical, like my life is the movie Groundhog Day. We canceled 5 trips this spring and are hanging on for travel to open up. Katie McCardell Webb and I are retiring as fundraisers after five years. I think we hit the participation high for the 70s.”

Let’s give Ann and Katie a huge round of thanks for their tireless efforts on behalf of our class and the College.

Pat Swinney Kaufman reported from one of our first epicenters.“Lock down in NYC has been uneventful or eventful based on one’s point of view. I’ve been retired for several years so no work from home issues here. But I do miss the constant trav-

Druid stone building built by Laura Sickman Baksa ’70

el with my husband that had become our way of life. So, looking forward to that part of life returning someday. Best parts of the week are Zoom calls, one official call per day with various groups of friends. My favorite is with Mary Jane Hipp Brock, Fran Griffith Laserson and Eleanor Albert whom we’ve declared an adopted SBC alum. The hardest part of COVID lockdown is not seeing our three daughters and our two adorable grandchildren. We did finally gather the gang together in a house upstate for two glorious weeks with our own little pod. Sadly, youngest daughter, Charlotte, couldn’t join as she is immersed in a documentary she is filming in AL. I’m also happy to be in touch with Kim Mitchell Bethea and Maggie Cooper Tyner.

Had hoped to organize a rendezvous and then COVID struck! Hope all of you are staying healthy and safe and able to keep your loved ones nearby.” Pat adds that “last summer I was visiting daughter Charlotte in Alabama and we went to see Kitty Litchfeild Seale in her beautiful home in Montgomery where she was convalescing from a devastating return of breast cancer. We had a wonderful and extended visit with Kitty and her husband and daughter. Sadly, she passed away perhaps a month later. But she was as funny and wonderful as ever: Kitty as we all remember her.”

Sadly, we also just lost our classmate Eleanor “Missy” Marshall in May. Please check the memorial page in this magazine or contact the alumnae office for more information if you wish to contact her family.

Speaking for all of us, Kay Parham Picha was disappointed by the cancellation of reunion and everything else she had planned. But she has managed to convert disappointment into something cherished.

“In mid-March we took our eight-

Johanna Yaple Wolski ’70, husband and grandchildren, preCOVID

year-old grandson to the beach for his spring break. Then school was cancelled, so we kept him for two months. I taught remote first grade, and David was the P.E. teacher. At one point the beach closed for two weeks so we could look at it and hear the ocean but not step on the sand.

It was a special time to share with him, hunkered down just the three of us. We had ice cream after dinner nightly, and he chose to sit in one of our laps. Lap sitting will end soon, so we sat very still for long periods. We made a special lifetime memory.”

Karen Hartnett and George also found a way to escape with grandchildren. “Life at the GK Ranch hasn’t changed all that much with self-quarantine. I guess we were already hermits before the virus.

We’ve loosened up enough that kids and grandkids have been out to the pool several times on Memorial Day, birthdays and the like. However, George and I acknowledged this month we needed to find different scenery for at least a few days. We ventured 90-minutes north of Houston to Margaritaville at Lake Conroe.

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formed at our local hospital before COVID hit. The eight weeks I was forced to wear a sling went quickly, from a psychological standpoint, because I wasn’t missing anything. All my usual activities were cancelled.

Thank goodness the golf courses did not close so Bill had something to do every day! My six months of physical therapy end in mid-Sept.; so perhaps things will be close to normal by then. I hope you and your families are all doing as well as possible during this memorable time.”

Susan Holbrook Daly and Skip, both had COVID in March. “He brought it home from his physical therapist after his knee replacement in Jan. We were so lucky not to have been hospitalized but were very sick for a solid two weeks. Nothing to fool around with. Fortunately, we are now back in good health. My shop is slowly reopening by appointment and he is playing golf. The 18th of July marks our 50th anniversary!

Thankful for good health and family!”

And as if all their struggles weren’t enough, Lorie Harris Amass sent a heartbreaking note: “My husband passed away at the end of March. We were at our lake house in MT, and I stayed there alone for two months, enjoying peace, solitude and nature. Then I felt ready to come back to my thoughtful friends in Denver and am experiencing much of what I had missed out on while taking care of dear Bill. And everyone’s brain seems to be as discombobulated as mine!”

Most of us, if physically healthy, are just simply staying home and contemplating the sounds of silence, as someone once said, or learning to use Zoom.

Page Kjelstrom sums it up best for many of us. “I really don’t think I have anything interesting to say. Just pretty much quarantined in FL doing the same things others are doing.”

Diane McCabe Reid is also quarantined in FL. “Hope you are all well and safe in these crazy COVID times! We are fine in Palm Beach but every day seems the same. Like the movie Groundhog Day! Wake up, have coffee, walk the dogs, spend the day in the pool. Hard to believe it is almost Aug.!”

Susie McGrath Slate is hanging out with Jim and their dog, Charlie,

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In August, we’ll drive down to Galveston to gaze at the Gulf from the 10th floor of a new high rise—different scenery, too. Hope everyone will come back for 50th+1 next May. Stay safe and healthy.”

Elsa Jones Forter gets the prize for the best escape. She is “surviving the virus so far by social distancing on our 36-foot sailboat with a 12day trip to the vineyard and Cape.

Next, we’re off cruising to ME and points down east. Hope all are well.”

And a few more of us have explored new creative endeavors, finding ways to keep busy. Perhaps the most unique project comes from Laura Sickman Baksa who explains that she and Joan are keeping busy doing gardening and yard work of various kinds. “In our back woods is a field of ferns and I am building small Celtic-looking stone buildings.

I think I am channeling an ancient Druid community. If you can’t get to Europe in the pandemic you have to recreate it in your backyard.” I hope Laura’s photo makes it into the magazine, her small building looks positively enchanting.

Jane Gott is always doing something creative, pandemic or not.

“We have stayed at home by choice since March. I have kept myself busy taking online painting courses and found I prefer these classes by Zoom because I do not have to commute in DC traffic or travel to another state to take a workshop. We lost our three senior cats in the last two years and rescued two kittens in Feb. who keep us amused. Our next-door neighbor is expecting a baby girl in a couple of weeks. I cannot wait to adopt her since we have no grandchildren. Over the winter months I made three quilts and enjoyed collecting fabric to make them. One cannot have too many fabrics or art supplies. Knitting keeps me busy, too. Ron has back surgery scheduled for early Aug. It will take several months for him to convalesce and do physical therapy. I admit that I am tired of cooking. Looking forward to our reunion and other events.”

And Mardane Rebentisch McLemore has also gotten creative about how to manage her favorite pastime. “COVID has provided me the unique opportunity to play golf by myself. I’m my own foursome.

The practice has greatly improved my game and I’m loving it. Parents are in a real bind, having to work despite camps and schools being cancelled. So, I’m helping out with my grandchildren—fortunately, I have been able to go to the beach for five weeks—off and on—that has been a super help as sometimes it’s hard to keep up!”

Nia Eldridge Eaton unexpectedly has a lot going on. “I’m two years into retirement and was enjoying my time as a docent at both Winterthur and the Brandywine River Conservancy and Museum. These two organizations remind me of Sweet Briar, they challenge my mind and soothe my soul. There’s not a day I don’t learn something. Closed until recently, both have used Zoom to put on programs that are informative, educational and fun. Our roles as docents are being re-imagined to support public safety. I give these institutions credit for moving outside the box, not normally the sweet spot for museums. I am back at Brandywine now as an ambassador and start again at Winterthur in Sept. I was also volunteering at our local hospital gift shop and my last act right before the shutdown was working at the Philadelphia Flower Show, the largest indoor show in the world. Interacting with the public is always a hoot and the show really gives you a welcome kick into spring.

My 10-year-old boxer and I quarantine at home, walking in the neighborhood or to the supermarket. Like most folks, I’m having time to go through closets and drawers. But in this blurry time, it’s taking me longer to do less. I’m learning some patience and don’t have a sense of urgency. I’m not running out to get things and have instead found alternatives or that the need just evaporates.”

Betty Rau Santandrea is keeping very busy indeed. “In spite of COVID, I am enjoying hiking, summer lap swimming in our neighborhood pool by reservation, Zoom gentle stretch yoga, and the Zia Singers creation of virtual choral videos. (Check out As We Sing on YouTube). Also taking Babbel Italian in hopes that one day we can return to Bernalda, Basilicata, in southern Italy where my husband Bob’s grandparents were born. Take-out food in Santa Fe is very good as many of our

400 restaurants struggle to continue.

What makes us sad is that we are 2000 miles from our five grandchildren, so we only see them on FaceTime. We have had to cancel two summer trips back east to see them.

Hope to attend reunion next May.” Really do check out Betty’s choral group on YouTube. It’s delightful.

Joanne Hicks Robblee has some good news for all of us from her recent escape trip! “On Saturday July 11, Paul and I headed over to Lynchburg and we had enough time to drive around Sweet Briar. It was a beautiful day and the college looked amazing! The last time we visited was about four years ago and our impression then was that things were pretty run down. That visit made my heart hurt. After Saturday’s visit I am impressed with the effort the administration and staff are putting into rebuilding Sweet Briar. So glad the alums made it possible to meet our fundraising goal!”

And from me, Kristin Herzog, I’m stuck in FL, too, having moved here three years ago. I have joked that living in FL is fun but feels very much like living on Mars. That’s become more true than ever. A wild burst of company from Europe in late winter brought me tardy, but miraculously safe, to this quarantine thing.

Frankly for artists, getting unlimited time to just hide out and paint is truly wondrous. I also cut a deal with my national online art store to do product demos on YouTube, forgetting to mention that I, um… had entirely no clue how to do that. So, my first COVID month was spent teaching myself iMovie and going into the depths of despair every time my little opus disappeared mysteriously into computer ether never to be seen again. But I finally mastered it and am now a little YouTube star along with Betty. I have eight videos up under Kris Paints. After that, my Zoom yoga teacher suggested we students write a poem, which I found completely ludicrous. I don’t write poems. I’ve never written one. Added to the fact that I probably have a good 10 friends from VCCA who are all professional award-winning nationally-known poets. But since this is a time of doing new things I gradually thought well what the hell, and wrote a poem, by which time my joy in getting to paint all alone

with the cats for weeks on end had totally worn out and I began moping dawn to dusk like all my friends. So now we Skype and Zoom with each other, we have an art critique group going, and I’m back to being busy getting work done for my museum show this coming Jan. Learning to love what I’m doing and accept that things go up and down is always the hard part. I’ve realized my parents went through the Depression and WWII. My grandparents went through those and WWI. So OK, we can do a year or two of this virus thing. And someday we will wake up like Rip Van Winkle and find we are in a brave new world.

And before I close, if you aren’t familiar with some recent nifty news from SBC, do check the links on the College website. Sweet Briar has sold Mt. San Angelo to VCCA which is a completely wonderful move for all concerned. VCCA is now on solid ground and after all these years can plot a future. Miraculously a Georgia O’Keeffe painting facilitated the sale.

And second, SBC is in all the national news that discusses COVID and colleges because we are brilliantly marketing our biggest asset: space!

We are probably the only college that can actually offer each student her own acre or two plus a single room, so enrollment is up! This is really a fabulous turn of events. If FL lets me out by May I’ll see you all at reunion!

I can’t wait. Take care of yourselves and your loved ones. Remember to love yourself. Open your heart. Stay safe. Wear masks. The sun will come up. And tomorrow is another year.

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Mary Frances Oakey Aiken jmaiken4@me.com Anne Milbank Mell anne.mell@yahoo.com Beverly Van Zandt beverlyvz@gmail.com Thanks for all the great updates!

It is hard to believe that next spring is our 50th reunion. The dates have been set for May 28-30, 2021. Please mark your calendars and come if you can! It will be great to catch up with each other in person and share memories!

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Currently, I am improvising small solid color umbrellas in strategic points as the temps get hotter and hotter. We had a packed year of travel which did not happen, but we have had the great pleasure of celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary with a drive-by organized by our children and champagne with a few friends in our garden. By far the most exciting event has been the birth of our second granddaughter, Laurel Adeline Slater, on June 24 of this year. Her almost three-year-old sister, Audrey, spent a while with us which was great fun and a bit more of a challenge in the time of COVID. We are all healthy, happy and very thankful to be alive.”

Claire Kinnett Tate says there is not much to report here in this time of COVID-19. Thankfully all of her loved ones are healthy. Son Austin and his family live close by in Charlotte. However, daughter Bright and her family live in New Zealand!

John’s sister lives there. Her five siblings are spread around. She and John are very thankful for FaceTime and Zoom. Biggest recent news was her 70th birthday last May! Jill Lowry Wiemer is missing all the snuggles and hugs from her grandchildren. Lots of Zoom and FaceTime is having to do for now.

She is enjoying bridge online using Zoom plus a bridge app at the same time so they can chat and play. She is lifting up prayers every day for the world, our country and all the medical personnel, especially her two daughters (an ICU nurse in a major hospital and a nurse practitioner in an urgent care facility) that are faceto-face with COVID-19 every time they go to work. She is thankful they have a summer getaway in Highlands, NC, which has provided relief from all that is going on. Prayers, golf, croquet and walks with a little online bridge keep her busy. She counts her blessings every day and prays for the many people in need of so much and those who have lost loved ones to this insidious disease.

She urges everyone to help be part of the solution and wear a mask whenever you come in contact with others.

Amanda Megargee Sutton enjoyed a 70th birthday get together in Destin, FL, in early Feb. with

Just before COVID-19 hit, Jacque Penny ’71, Louise Dempsey McKean ’71, Kathy Wilson Lamb ’71, Maureen Conway ’71 and Cami Crocker Wodehouse ’71 had a mini reunion

Brooke Thomas Dold, Frances Barnes Kennamer and Martha Roton Terry. Amanda was 70 on Jan. 31, and Brooke was 71 on Feb. 13 so there was a short window to get together when they were all 70! Amanda and Goody have been enjoying time together in their garden, baking bread, knitting, reading, sorting and throwing out stuff. The pool at her Y finally reopened in June and she has been there every other day. She also went to Sweet Briar Day at Wendy Weiler’s daughter’s home and enjoyed it so much.

Anne Milbank Mell, like everyone else, has been sheltered at home in NJ, playing bridge on an online app, Zooming with friends and family and walking her two pups. Actually, one belongs to her son, who normally lives in NYC. John and family left NYC April 4 to drive to OH and live with her younger daughter and her family. The eight have managed to make it work and her son added a little buckeye/third daughter to his family at the end of May. The MI/ OH State rivalry in the future will take on new meaning! Meanwhile, out west, her older daughter is taking advantage of time to get a puppy and keep her boys active hiking, playing tennis and golf! She is unsure when she will next see any of them, but, in the meantime, she has four lifetimes’ worth of projects to work on!

Beryl Bergquist spoke at the 2020 American Immigration Lawyers Association conference planned for San Diego but went virtual due to the pandemic. She practices immigration law and renovates hous-

Wendy Weiss Smith ’71 and husband in Bermuda

Trixie Hatten Chambers ’71 with Laura Willets Evans ’81 and Nancy Webb Corkery ’81

es for sale or lease on the side. The latest, a seven-bedroom, three-bath reno turned into a six-bedroom with master suite, four-bath house that closed socially distanced in cars at curbside! The new normal is Zoom consultations, sheltering in place with Duolingo to learn Spanish and

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Carol Remington Foglesong has enjoyed her “mostly solitary, stay-put, stay-safe COVID-19” home bubble.

Lots of reading, movie watching, work for the Orange County League of Women Voters, multiple Zoom calls, and intermittent dinners with her son and his family. Her May-June 2020 British Isles cruise with three friends was postponed until 2021.

Carol anticipates her long-awaited, much-needed back fusion surgery (darn stenosis, aka arthritis, in her spine) if COVID-19 doesn’t interfere with the scheduling. She is still getting used to the new normal and masks everywhere.

Nesi Wisell O’Connor traveled to New Zealand and Melbourne for a month just before the lockdown.

She returned home to Longwood, FL, to find that her kitchen renovation was not complete—no appliances, etc., and she then spent most of the lockdown period finishing this major project. With a positive attitude, she reported that “it was a good distraction over the past few months.” Nesi is looking forward to reunion, and she and Alix Smith have already rented a house for it.

“See you in 2021.”

Jacque Penny reports all good here, and it’s such a crazy time. She continues to care for her mum who is over 92. Jacque spends her days painting, walking, swimming, reading, meditating, playing piano and caring for her mum. She tries to stay positive and hope for the best. Jacque also notes that the whole racial unrest has been amazing and a long time coming. She hopes that we get some reforms and prays for change and peace. Last year she managed a cruise from Portugal around Spain to celebrate her 70th. She loved Spain, especially Valencia and Barcelona. Then just before COVID-19 hit, Jacque, Louise Dempsey, Kathy Wilson, Maureen Conway and Cami Crocker had a mini reunion.

She hopes all will plan to be at our 50th reunion! In the meantime, be well and happy and stay in touch.

Life is short—even if it’s long.

Louise Archer Slater has been in her garden most of the time over the past 6 months. “We have suddenly become a very sunny garden after losing a huge old oak that has shaded our property for the past 100+ years. Implementing the change

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flower gardening until work in the Fernbank Forest reopens, her favorite Atlanta volunteer project.

Shannon Salmon is very proud of the progress being made at Sweet Briar and sends kudos to all who have committed to the College and its future as a first-rate institution!

Shannon and her family had a fabulous 2019 trip to Rome and Lucca. Fifteen family members joined Shannon and her husband for a week in Lucca at a villa where they dined, drank and enjoyed each other’s company. Ages ranged from four to 75. Since COVID-19 entered the scene, Shannon and her family have stayed close to home in MD. Judy Brown Fletcher moved to a newer house 18 months ago and since then has had both knees replaced. She is still fine tuning the 1958, traditional house to their needs, most recently having 11 raised beds built so that she can go back to growing veggies. She’s also planted two Southern Magnolia trees and moved endless plants the previous owner put in the wrong locations: hostas in sun, roses and peonies in deep shade. Very interesting mistakes, to be sure. She is in the process of replacing worn lawn with white clover. The bees are thrilled and it stays reliably green despite increasingly hot summers. As for the house, she has kept the plumbers busy, rerouting plumbing and replacing pipes: the usual headaches that go with an older house. They have been staying home because of COVID but staying busy with all of the projects. She hopes that by next spring it will be safe to travel to Sweet Briar for our 50th celebration!

Alix Smith hopes that all our classmates are COVID-free and not too stressed. She is very proud of Sweet Briar’s handling of the crisis and is excited that the enrollment goal for next year has been met.

Alix actually enjoyed her quarantine along with her cat. Now her recipes, family photos, memorabilia, and collections are the most organized they have ever been. She averaged five-six books a month, her garden looks tended, and she learned how to Zoom and conference through Facebook Messenger. Alex hopes that we can be together for our 50th reunion.

“We will have much to celebrate!”

Bev Van Zandt reports that the high points of this past nine months have been her two new grandsons.

Skip joined Beverly, Tom and Evangeline in Charleston, and Steele arrived a little early to Roberta and Chris in NYC. Bev enjoyed two visits with each family before heading home to San Miguel de Allende just as the borders closed. Bev reports that the SMA lockdown has been much like those in the U.S. She and a friend began a colonia (neighborhood) food project. Donors have been very generous, and despensas of food are now given out to those who have lost jobs due to the pandemic.

These sustain over 100 people. Bev can’t wait for our 50th reunion. She encourages everyone to start planning a return road trip to SBC. Carolyn Tuttle Murray notes how much has changed in such a short time. She still is adjusting to widowhood and lives in the small town of Reidsville, NC. Her daughter and her husband have three children and her son and his wife have two children. Prior to the pandemic, Carolyn was spending as much time as she could with her grandchildren and could also visit her 100-year-old mother in AL. Times have definitely changed. On a lighter note, Carolyn feels like she celebrated turning 70 for about the entire year last year with a wonderful party given by her children and trips to NY (with her daughter and granddaughter), FL (to see Diana Zeidel), and Canyon Ranch (with Diana and Mimi Pitts Dixon). Carolyn ends her class note with “Let’s hope we will all be back to a semblance of a normal life soon!”

Andrea Bateman is still alive and working. Her sister and most of her family are in north FL now. She went to Miami for work several times but, unfortunately, never saw Ellen. She likes our growing SBC club.

Wendy Weiss Smith’s Mom celebrated her 103rd birthday last summer with her ’74 SBC twin sisters and family; yes, her mother is in the same multi-level house in which they grew up, and yes, she endures snowy/icy winters. Teaching English-as-a-second-language to professionals from different cultures continues to be lots of fun. Living in Durham, NC, offers many diversions: symphony, ballet, Duke basketball, modern dance festival.

Having a retired husband (of 43+ years) means an abundance of travel: Cuba, Portugal and Ecuador this past year; Susan Greenwald explored with them on the first two

which were W&L excursions; fun eight-gal trip to Philadelphia for art and history and Longwood Garden; a couple of reunions for her husband in Charlottesville and Chicago, while her unofficial high school one was back in northern OH. She is engaged with several Duke women’s groups plus a garden club and volunteering at Duke Gardens. Almost enough time in each day, right? Durham, NC, has proved a wonderful place to be at the moment as they are walking along streams in deciduous woods daily, then entertaining friends in the yard or on the screened porch.

Wendy Norton Brown sadly reports that her husband, Lee, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s six years ago and goes to an adult day center three days a week. Due to the pandemic, he was back home 24/7 for 14 weeks last spring which was difficult, but the center has now reopened. It has been hard not being able to see their grandchildren often but she knows it has been hard on their parents too, since both are trying to work from home with a toddler and three siblings ages five, seven, and nine.

Pam Henery Arey has been moving forward with disassembling her household with the hope of listing her property in spring 2021.

While she loves living on Cypress Creek, the upkeep has become too much and detracts from the enjoyment. Now that she’s begun the clean-out in earnest with the help of her four children, it’s not so bad. She is still president of the local board of the senior activities center, but that has been closed since mid-March.

The building continues to be used as child care for essential workers during the pandemic. Her son, a health care worker in PA, quarantined at home and thankfully has recovered from a mild-moderate case of COVID-19. Looking forward to keeping in touch for our 50th!

Rhoda Allen Brooks says she really appreciates all Carol does to keep us in touch. She loves reading everyone’s news, though was sad to hear about Gina and Ellen. Seventy seems too young to die now that we’re there!

Andrea Bateman is still alive and working. Her sister and most of her family are in north FL now. She went to Miami for work several times but, unfortunately, never saw Ellen. She likes our growing SBC club.

Kathleen “Kathy” Burns Beaudreau Halperin has traveled from corporate to certifiable laughter leader to death doula. While cultivating seeds of joy on the planet, she intends to create honor towards the final journey—a lessening of fear and an embrace of anticipation, a stepping into our power as elders—this is why we are here now.

In January Dee Kysor reported that she still loved her job as music director at Grace Episcopal Church in Goochland, VA. The church and the choir were growing by leaps and bounds. The sanctuary is a standalone building built in 1876. Many of the original glass panes remain, and, yes it does have heat and air conditioning. Her daughter, Jenn Hebrank, and classmate, Susan Greenwald came down from Buffalo, NY, and Hoboken, NJ, to help celebrate her 70th birthday in October 2019. Jenn’s visit was a complete surprise! The church had a party for her, too. And, appropriate for a retired veterinarian, it happened that her birthday fell on the Blessing of the Animals. What a great day! She also got together briefly at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens with Val Murphy. The grandkids, Sam (10) and Maisie (seven) live in Buffalo and are doing well. She and George enjoyed a trip out to Las Vegas for a family wedding in September 2019 and went out a few days early and drove up to Zion National Park for some great hiking. Dee’s addendum this summer is that she and George are well. As the music director at her church, she has learned a few new skills to enhance their online services. She can now sound pretty good via Zoom thanks to a new microphone and some Zoom adjustments. She never expected to be a tech nerd at this age. Thank goodness she turned her old office into a music studio earlier this year (preCOVID). They are now allowed by the Bishop to have outdoor services which gives a musician a different set of problems: one breeze and three pages turn! Clothespins come in handy. She tries to stay fit with the treadmill, and they hike when they can at a nearby state park. She is using the time at home to put in a new perennial border. They are missing their daughter and her family who are in Buffalo, NY, but continue to care for their two horses, three cats and a dog. No trips planned for now.

She hopes everyone is staying safe and healthy.

Barbara Gracey Backer is grateful for good health, great friends, meaningful work and much grace at age 70. She is especially grateful that her entire family lives close by.

Their two sons, John and David, are working with her in their insurance business and their daughter, Katie, will come in a few months. They have three grandchildren in Delray Beach and see them often: Jack (four), Gracey (two) and Will (three months) with a grandson due in Aug. and a granddaughter in Sept.

She and Ron took a trip to southeast Asia and are now playing lots of croquet and really enjoying the game.

She is involved in a healing ministry at her church. “So much to be grateful for, despite the inevitable challenges and losses which we all face as we age.” She sends love and hope for a great 50th reunion in 2021.

Linda Hill Krensky reports that life goes on in spite of the pandemic and her family members have thus far been fortunate to have stayed well. Their son, Ben, who is a high school teacher, has not been working but his wife, in research at N.I.H., is actually working on a vaccine for COVID-19. Several of their additional five children have been able to work from home. Nine of their ten grandchildren are out of school for who knows how long. Moshi (one) is the only one who is oblivious to all that is going on. Their business, Country Squire Cleaners, is deemed essential so they have been able to remain open and she and her husband are running it without the furloughed employees. Economic improvement may be a few months away so they are making the best of it while enjoying spending more time together. She still has several of her bookkeeping clients, so is busy everyday with one job or another. She hopes all is going well for everyone and we can actually be close to one another without masks for the reunion next spring!

Mary Frances Oakey Aiken alternates her time between Naples, FL, and Richmond, VA, where her children and grandchildren live. Last spring, she and John were later coming back to VA due to the closures with the virus, but they finally braved the travel by car in June. The traffic was the lightest on I-95 they have ever encountered! Since then, lots

of time has been spent organizing at home, reading, knitting baby hats for newborns in area hospitals, watching Netflix, and, her new favorite pastime, playing the game Mexican Train with John. Their 25th wedding anniversary trip of a European river cruise has been postponed until next year. How coincidental that many of the SBC class of ’71 will be 71 at our reunion!

The following class updates are a synopsis of the notes collected by Carol Foglesong just before the coronavirus hit.

Denise Beardsworth Costa has moved back to the east coast after about 25 years in the west, retired from a career in journalism. She and her husband, John, also a newly retired journalist, now live within a mile of their youngest child, a lawyer, and her husband and two children near Richmond, VA. Their eldest is a researcher in medical applications of artificial intelligence, and their middle child is involved with computer languages. He has three daughters. She is still a newbie at the retirement business and unsure where she’ll focus her energies, but travel and grandchildren will likely be a big part of it.

Rosemary Dunaway Trible and Paul have been at Christopher Newport University where he has served as president for 24 years. They have loved every minute and feel privileged to experience these young people as they grow into leading a life of significance. They now have four grandchildren. Daughter and Barrett have a son Lochlan (nine) and a daughter Truitt (seven). The sons, Paul and Brett, have two children, Camden (two) and Carrington (5-1/2 months). They are a joy! She retired as executive director of Fear2Freedom this year but serves on the board and remains active. The mission is to bring hope and dignity to those sexually assaulted and to empower communities and students to combat sexual violence. Over 26,000 Fear2Freedom after-care kits have gone to hospitals and community groups. Check it out at Fear2Freedom.org.

Michela English and Rob have moved from DC to the house on Gwynn’s Island, VA, on the Chesapeake Bay. While they still have a small apartment in DC, they consider Gwynn’s Island their permanent residence. She no longer works full

time but serves on a number of corporate and non-profit boards which occupy most of her time. When not working, she enjoys walking or kayaking with her Australian labradoodle, reading, visiting friends, and cleaning up after Rob’s gourmet meals. They also have two grown children and a granddaughter. Daughter, Eleanore, and granddaughter, Darby, live in Dallas and son, Will, lives in Sydney, Australia. They spent a fun weekend in Richmond with Betsy Muhlenfeld, former SBC president, whom they see regularly.

Kathy Garcia Pegues and husband, John became Master Gardeners this year (joining Barbara and Amanda—and who else?). They used their new skills at Sweet Work Weeks for the fifth year. This will be her last season as the program’s co-chair but they still plan to be participants. They took a beautiful and historically interesting trip to eastern Europe: Warsaw, Auschwitz, Krakow (their favorite), Budapest, Vienna, Prague and all the music and beautiful countryside in between.

Camp Grandma-Gee was again in session for the grandkids. They did a two-week New England trip in 2019 to Plymouth, Boston, Cape Cod, Nantucket and New Bedford, concentrating on local history and the whaling industry in particular.

Great fun!

Kathy, Wendy Weiler and Ellen Weintraub attended Gina Mancusi Wills’ memorial. They were shocked and saddened that, just a few weeks later, there was the news of Ellen’s sudden passing. She was glad to have had that time with them. “Ladies, next May is our 50th reunion. Please make every effort to be there. Life is precious and fragile; we want to see you and celebrate our shared past and the stories of our journeys.”

Liz Glassman retired at the end of June 2020 from the Terra Foundation of American Art after almost 20 years as its President and CEO. She says the post has been nothing but tremendously gratifying, but now is looking forward to the next chapter.

This will include continuing more time at her home in Santa Fe, and also living in her perch on Lincoln Park in Chicago. For the last 20 years she has been traveling the world fairly constantly, as well as having a good time at home, enjoying friends and family, books and many laughs. Anyone in the area, please let her know.

She looks forward to reunions of all kinds.

Trixie Hatten Chambers tells us that she and Edwin are enjoying life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Their residence is still in GA, and she still works occasionally as a psychiatric consultant in the emergency room in Tallahassee. They just completed training for CASA in MS. She has enjoyed traveling to Israel and Italy in the last couple of years and had the serendipitous pleasure of meeting two SBC sisters, Asses in fact!

They were at a lovely dinner at a very long table under an arbor at a villa in Italy when Laura Willets Evans ’81, asked animatedly, “Hey, Trixie! Were you an Ass? She replied, “Yes! How did you know?” She points to another guest, Nancy Corkery ’82 a few seats down, and says, “Nancy was an Ass, too!” They laughed hysterically as they beheld the faces of many perplexed guests!

Anne Helms Cooper and Bill have moved into a condo after selling their house in July 2019. They sold their house and three days later, while at Smith Mountain Lake, Bill fell and broke his neck. She packed everything up and moved into a much smaller condo while he was in the hospital and acute rehab for seven weeks. He came home four days after she had moved into the condo, and they have been working on it ever since. If he continues to progress well, they had planned to go to Spain, Portugal and Morocco this past June. Anne has been taking tap class at parks and rec and highly recommends it. There was also a special trip before the virus hit to the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, NC, to celebrate the birthdays of two grandsons and herself.

Nancy Liebowitz Vose is doing well in TX, loving retirement and is able to do a lot of volunteer work in several different areas as well as enjoying travel. She has two Great Danes and the younger one is a therapy dog. They have completed over 70 visits in this past year. She reports that the dog has a better social life than they do. She welcomes visitors and is located just north of Dallas.

Carolyn Jones Walthall is doing OK and still lives in Daphne, AL. She had hip replacement surgery in Sept. 2019 (too much dancing at combo parties?), and now feels like a balanced walker. Thank goodness for modern surgery when it works!

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Maggie Mather Feldmeier says she is blessed with good health and she and Jake are enjoying this phase of life—balancing growing a relatively new business with time for travel, family and friends. They have tried to do at least one major trip per year.

Oct-Nov 2019 they went to South America for a couple weeks and toured Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Sadly, she was not back in time to attend Gina Mancusi’s memorial service and says it is hard to picture that little spark-plug gone. In 2020, she had hoped to take her maiden grandchild trip with Andy (10), the oldest, on a Tauck Bridges tour of the west. The fall 2020 trip was going to be to the Baltic countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland) and Russia. She is trying to do the far-flung spots while they’re still mobile. As a dear Irish friend says (with heavy brogue): “You have the go-go years, the slow-go years, and the nogo years.” She is convincing herself that she is still in go-go mode! Most of the year Maggie is in Cazenovia, NY, where they love a lakeside location, except in winter when it looks like Siberia! To that end, they rent a house every year in Hilton Head for March and early April and are able to work remotely. Two of their three grands (with a 4th that was due in May 2020) live right near them in Cazenovia. Their other grandchild (named Mather Margaret) lives in Charlottesville.

Valeria Murphey has been living in Richmond for the last 45 years, working as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor and then a state budget manager. She is now enjoying retirement. She and her husband, Dick Bragg, love to travel and have been all over the world, mostly exploring Europe but also Southeast Asia, Egypt, Israel, Kenya and Tanzania. Last year, they spent three weeks in Puglia, a wonderfully unspoiled area in the heel of the boot in Italy. Last spring, they were headed to Peru for a three-week trip to the Amazon jungle, Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. Next year is South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. Some of their most special trips were bonding experiences with each grandchild as he or she turned 14.

They now have eight granddaughters (ranging in age from 17 to 27, a grandson aged 24, and the first great grandchild on the way). Since

the older grandchildren are now getting married and pregnant, it seems she’ll be hosting or going to a lot of bridal and baby showers. She didn’t have children of her own, but married a man with kids so she got to go straight to being a grandmother! Kudos to all who have been working so hard to keep Sweet Briar strong and healthy since we saved her!

Carol Remington Foglesong has taken two bucket list trips in 12 months. Wee doggie! She went on a Viking River Rhine Cruise from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland in October 2019. Her May 2020 70th birthday present to herself was postponed but was a 19-day Viking Ocean cruise to the British Isles (London, Dublin, Wales, Belfast, Scotland and ending in Bergen, Norway). Nesi is waiting for her!

Still is still active in her professional association, Property Records Industry Association (PRIA). That means she gets to go to both national conferences each year and see friends made over the past 15 years.

She was going to see youngest son, Christopher, his wife, Sarah, and their new house in New Braunfels, TX, before and after the PRIA conference in Austin at the end of Feb. Her oldest son, Eric, and his wife, Crissy, plus four grands—Jameson (13), Mackinley (11), Collins (nine) and Leighton (seven)—live closer to her in the Orlando area and are busy with lots of sports and school activities. Grammie Carol is happy to join in when schedules allow, or an extra driver/car is needed. Carol also stays busy with the League of Women Voters of Orange County and is contemplating a move within a year or two to a continuing care community.

“Ain’t getting any younger and my mom set a great example for me to follow.” Her mother has had a wonderful experience at her CCC north of Baltimore, where she goes to see her about every eight weeks. She turned 97 in December 2020.

René Roark Bowditch is still in VA but she moved from Williamsburg to Gloucester, just off the York River on Sarah Creek, in 2010 when her husband, with his brother, turned their family home on Main Street, Yorktown, into a B&B: hornsbyhouseinn.com. It’s a great place for corporate retreats, weddings and girlfriend weekends, as well as visits to nearby Williamsburg. While Da-

vid is an innkeeper in his retirement, she is still heavily involved with the nonprofit she cofounded 13 years ago, hereforthegirls.org. H4TG provides not-your-typical psychosocial support to young women affected by breast cancer in-person in 11 communities, and online nationwide.

If you know of any young women (diagnosed under 50) dealing with breast cancer or its aftermath, please send them her way. Connecting with others their age who get it because they’ve been there can be a huge help.

Some of her Sweet Briar sisters, like Rosemary Dunaway Trible and Barbie Gracey Backer, have supported this to her great delight. Her biggest family news was that her 29-year-old daughter was getting married this May at her home to a great guy from Annapolis, which is where they will live. This is their first to marry so they are very excited.

“Yup, we started kinda late, lol.” She sees Rosemary Dunaway Trible and Becky Bottomley Meeker often as both live nearby. She will see if she can talk them into a road trip for our 50th. Treasuring every single day!

Trudy Slade McNight has been on quite a journey, literally and figuratively, with her husband’s diagnosis over the past decade. She married her sweet husband, Jack, in 2005, on Bainbridge Island, WA. In 2010, she suspected that something wasn’t quite right with him. He was eventually diagnosed with dementia, and a few years later, Alzheimer’s. They have managed to live a good life over this time, amazingly enough. They moved back to her house in Atlantic Beach, FL, for five years and enjoyed their time at the beach. She was becoming disgruntled with health care, especially for Jack’s needs, and decided to do an online search for dementia care around the world. A care resort in Chiang Mai, Thailand, came up in the search. Long story short, they moved to Chiang Mai three years ago, the first year living at the Care Resort Chiang Mai, and the last two years living independently.

This has turned out to be a very good move for them. It is an area where caring and respect for the elderly are cultural values. In addition, the move has been a stimulating adventure for her and they have met many wonderful people, Thais and expats from all over the world. She is so glad they took the risk of moving there!

Barbara Smith Young says life continues to be good for her with six grandchildren who they see often.

She is still involved with the University of Kentucky and the University Hospital. She keeps up with Susan Ewing, Pamolu Oldham and saw Wendy Weiler last year at her sister’s funeral in NJ. Her sister, Lynne, was in the SBC Class of ’64, so she heard from many of her classmates after her death.

Sally Uptegrove Lee’s husband of 46 years died in July 2019 from renal cancer, and it has been a difficult time. Her sister had already planned to take a cruise from Los Angeles to Auckland, New Zealand, to escape cold weather, so she decided to join her. At the time she wrote this update, the ship was anchored in Bora Bora. They were enjoying yoga, bridge classes, team trivia, lectures and dancing, as well as wonderful food and drink. They planned to tour NZ after disembarking and returned home Feb. 29. Seven years ago, she and Bob moved from Nashville to San Antonio to be closer to their daughter. They remodeled a 1920s house and she joined the Assistance League and the Trinity University Women’s Club. Rachel is now moving to San Francisco because her husband has started working at Google! So, you never know what will happen next. She is happy in San Antonio and does not plan to move, but it is obvious she will now be traveling to CA to see them and her three grandchildren.

Linda Whitlow Knight was expecting their first grandbaby early last Feb. She was headed to VA for a Jamestown Society board meeting and then on to Rome to arrive in time to see their daughter, her husband and the new baby. Needless to say, it was pretty hectic then but in a good way! She was shocked and saddened to learn of Gina’s and Ellen’s passing, especially since two of our classmates were with Ellen such a short time before at Gina’s service.

Roseanne Woodruff wanted to express her sadness at the loss of two SBC classmates this past year: Gina and Ellen. She had not seen Gina since SBC, but remembers her verve and effervescence while at SBC, and, of course, her infectious smile. Ellen’s untimely passing was a shock to all.

She had the opportunity to converse with Ellen (and her doggies) during

CLASS NOTES She enjoyed her new life so much she eventually sold the downtown DC condo once the renovations were completed. Maintaining her professional contacts and credentials, as well as her home and the one acre of landscaping that surrounds it, have taken much of her time and effort recently. While she aspires to one day become a Master Gardener like Kathy Garcia Pegues, she is still learning about landscaping and plants by attending the wonderful lectures at the premiere local nursery, Merrifield Garden Center, as well as those sponsored by local counties. She also more recently became involved in local volunteer and civic activities. Prior to the condo debacle, she was involved in a lot of dance and charity events in and around DC and also participated in a beach house in Rehoboth, DE, for years, traveling the back roads to the beach most summer weekends. She also managed to travel, including cruises to the Caribbean, a Mediterranean cruise with extra days in Rome and Venice and a South American cruise around Cape Horn, which she highly recommends. She added touring days in Santiago, Chile, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

She is looking forward to our 50th and hopes to see not only SBC graduates, but those who attended with us but did not graduate from SBC. Diana Zeidel says hi to everyone.

She enjoyed a rejuvenating 70th with Mimi Pitts Dixon and Caroline Tuttle Murray at Canyon Ranch.

As George Will said, “We have one less worry: no fear of dying young!”

She and Jon are well and they have moved to a city condo in West Palm Beach. They love being able to walk everywhere. One granddaughter is in college and the other two are finishing high school. Diana goes to Richmond often to see family and has seen Mimi Pitts and Caroline Tuttle there as well. As Jacque said, “I spend a lot of time caring for my mom...could have used more home economics and less statistics.” She hopes everyone is well.

Your class secretaries, Anne, Bev and Mary Frances, send their best to all of you! Thank you for sharing your news. Stay safe and well! We hope to see many of you at the 50th reunion May 28-30, 2021!

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Jill Johnson MarySue Morrison Thomas 98 Pine Bluff Portsmouth, VA 23701 72sweetbriar@gmail.com Jeannette Pillsbury is happily settled in Amherst, VA, just down the road from Sweet Briar. Although COVID-19 has curtailed travel, she has visited a few VA classmates. She was able to attend most of the Jan. Sweet Briar Day gatherings in VA. In Jan., Ellen Apperson, in town for some business at Sweet Briar, visited her for a good overnight stay.

Jeannette hopes more classmates will come for a meal or for an overnight.

Holly Smith writes from London that she loved lockdown. It gave her time to learn InDesign software for laying out her Garden Square News magazine, and to produce the spring issue. See her new website: gardensquarenews.com. It also allowed her and her husband, Neil Osborn, time to enjoy one of the best springs in recent memory. She said the weather was perfect, and the lack of car and airline pollution revealed, within about two days, that London had vivid blue skies over it. They rode Boris Bikes for the first time since the empty streets were so safe.

Dale Shelly Graham thought 2020 was going to be great since son Fielding and daughter Lily were both getting married but then the pandemic struck and both weddings were cancelled. Lily’s wedding was planned for three different dates before she realized that the wedding of her dreams was becoming a nightmare. In a bow to lock downs and the somber times, Lily is now looking forward to a small outdoor celebration in Sept. with just family and attendants at her aunt Elliott Graham Schoenig’s ’76 farm in Charlottesville.

They have been stockpiling gloves, masks and disinfectants so hopefully this wedding will work. Dale really regrets that her SBC peeps can’t be there to celebrate with her especially since they’ve been so sweet and supportive during all the chaos. Her son Fielding and his fiancé cancelled their Oct. wedding in Scotland and haven’t made any new plans yet. On a brighter note she’s happy to report that everyone is still healthy.

Deirdre Conley sends her news from COVID central in Miami!

She has remained safe at home for months: “a Zoom kind of year,” she says. Her sanity has been saved by her superb Sweet Briar Summer session, Prof. Jeff Key’s “The Modern Middle East” with one SBC student and five other alumnae including classmate Jeannette Pillsbury.

DeDe just finished her class research project, so if you have any lingering questions on Turkey, please feel free to ask! She also loved the Alumnae College presentations on our core curriculum classes led by many brilliant professors and enjoyed our ’72 Zoom class reunion, seeing all the faces not seen for a while. DeDe is disappointed not to attend Sweet Work Weeks this summer and also not to be able to go to France for the time being. She stays in touch with Liz Clegg Woodard who is safe and sound in Houston, Jean Chaloux Miani who is doing well in another hot spot, Milan, Italy. DeDe continues to exchange emails with Cissy Gott who is thriving at home in DC and Jean Andrews who flew to VA from CA despite COVID conditions to take care of her mom. DeDe is especially proud that her niece will be starting her second year at SBC this fall semester keeping her close to Sweet Briar.

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Evelyn Carter Cowles PO Box 278 Free Union, VA 22940 ecc52@icloud.com Mary Buxton: “I am liking staying at home and am busy with the Sierra Club and 350 Silicon Valley. I hope everyone stays healthy!”

Betsy Thayer: “I am now living in Burlington, VT, near some other family and loving being near a large, fresh-water lake, after my roots near Lake Michigan. My two daughters continue living in Denver and DC. I have a son-in-law and granddaughter now, also in DC. Luckily, so far all have remained COVID-free. I continue part-time work as a clinical social worker and love the outdoor activities near, in and on the lake. I am looking forward to our 50th!”

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Sweet Work Weeks a couple of years ago. (Well, the dogs may have been contraband, but they were adorable!)

They spoke of the possibility of a doggie dorm, or pet dorm or some accommodation for those wishing to attend SBC with pets other than horses. She was looking forward to more conversations with Ellen. She has enjoyed class notes from years past, although she has not participated much, if at all, and the same with reunions. More recently, she attended a part of a reunion and also Sweet Work Weeks, both of which she strongly recommends. She doesn’t Facebook much because of her line of work for the federal government which involves investigative accounting and a security clearance. Much of the work has been fairly typical contract, grant, loan, and loan guarantee and performance oversight. Currently, she is temporarily out of the daily commuting work force, planning and preparing for a return focused on her professional preferences. She actively trains to update and upgrade her skills, most recently undertaking enterprise risk management training as well as state-of-the-art training in artificial intelligence and how it can be used to transform financial and accounting work. Roseanne no longer lives in downtown DC, where she had lived for decades. Several years after purchasing an elegant Dupont Circle condo, the condo flooded via the common elements, which had not been properly maintained despite the escalating property values, condo fees and superb location.

The walls and flooring, including herringbone teak flooring, were lost.

Along with renovating the extensive damage, she ended up completely gutting and updating the kitchen, although that was not impacted by the flooding. Because of her disappointing experience with condo living, she decided to consider a single-family home where she would have control over her own destiny. (And she had become fearless about real estate and renovations.) She spotted a charming French country home out in the Fauquier County, VA, countryside and opted to try country living as well as the major commute related to that privilege. (There was originally an agreement to telework three days a week, a policy which was later revised for her and others living some distance from the office downtown.)

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Goss online. He was widowed in 2005 and has four grown children and eight grandchildren, with one on the way. We live in Flowery Branch, GA, where we built a house together.

I enjoy being a grandmother. I also volunteer to drive seniors who can no longer drive. Sadly, the volunteer organization I drove for couldn’t survive the COVID but a few of us still drive riders. It is a pleasure for me to hear their stories.”

Kathleen Cochran Schutze: “We are so fortunate to be retired in a wonderful place with plenty to do without leaving the house! All three of our adult children have continued to work full time. However, we are anxiously anticipating our return to normal life. The lack of running around has been hard on my fitness and diet and we miss seeing our friends and family in person.

We pray that all of our Sweet Briar friends stay healthy.”

Ginger Woodward Gast: “I don’t have much to report except that I’m healthy and have never felt better though actually that’s huge!

I’m thankful for my excellent health.

All of my travel plans are on hold until this virus is sorted out, but I am thoroughly enjoying seeing grandchild #7, born October 2019, as well as the FL gang who moved to Leesburg last year. My husband and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary at Il Palladio Restaurant in Barboursville near Orange, VA. It was delicious and worth the almost two-hour drive from Fairfax.

In the fall, I’ll begin my eighth year of studying Italian and can’t wait to return.”

Louise “Weezie” Blakeslee Gilpin: “Bob and I have been on Martha’s Vineyard full-time for four years now and, although we will always be wash-ashores, it does feel like home. I am back working at two of the Island libraries after the threemonth hiatus. It is odd not to have patrons in the building but curbside pick-up is a great solution. Bob keeps claiming that he will not take any new clients with the goal of really retiring in three years. We’ll see! There are always high school students in need of good college advising. We had a glorious three-week trip to Sydney last fall to visit Christopher and his family and the six of us spent a week in Tasmania, a truly magical

place. Blake and family are on the vineyard for a month from New Orleans (he is a history professor at Tulane). The plan had been to have all three families here in early July but the pandemic nixed that. Alexa and her family are in Leesburg, VA, and facing online school again this fall.

Life is certainly peculiar, and I am grateful for the health of our family and for the fact that Bob and I are essentially homebodies so life has not changed enormously for us. Jigsaw puzzles, a ceiling painting project, crossword puzzles and books have filled up my days. Cases on the island are relatively small although the influx of vacationers have bumped up our numbers.”

Pat Wingfield: “I am a grandmother times two! My first grand Langley Anne McClelland (four) is named for my father Langley Harris Wood. My second grand is Audrey Lynn McClelland (one). We enjoy babysitting them as they all live in Richmond, VA, a mile from our house. My husband Greg and I recently celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary! Greg retired a couple of years ago as CEO of the Greater Richmond Partnership, so we have some additional flexibility to travel several times a year to the Caribbean, European, etc. I am still at the Bank of American as a systems programmer but hope to retire soon!”

Susan Dern Plank: “All is well here thus far, and we are doing all we can to ensure it remains that way! Lots of deferred projects in the yard are slowly being done, once the weather improved in late spring.

(We had snow flurries in May) My grandson (four) was so excited as he thought ‘Santa Hoho’ would be coming soon. Our daughter and the two grandchildren were here for the month of May. We were their teachers (pre-K and 2nd grade) as our daughter works remotely and is fortunate to still be working full time for a financial services firm in Nashville. I have seen Laurie Norris Coccio several times, once to play MahJong before everything went crazy and twice just socially with the other players on her patio, appropriate protocols in place. I’m also in touch with Ginger Woodward Gast from time to time for her expert advice teaching a preschooler, suggestions for contacts at SBC, etc. Our Beliz-

ean friend, Elisa, has been accepted as a transfer student in the Wyllie Engineering program. SBC has been most helpful, friendly and responsive to both her and myself from admissions to the registrar. As an alum, I am most pleased and proud of the College.”

Jane Potts: “My son, Rives Sutherland, was married in Charleston, SC, in Dec. 2019. There were several Sweet Briar friends at the wedding: Deborah Ziegler Hopkins, Betsy Perry, Terry Christovich, Melinda Williams Davis, Lisa Wickham, Anne Cogswell Burris ’75 and even Pascale Boulard Dutilleul from France.”

Glenys Church: “I retired in June 2016. I scrapbook and make cards in my free time. This year, I have been making cards with friends during Zoom meetings. I have just begun to scrapbook again since this whole thing started. I realized that, since I don’t see very many people, the Sweet Briar friends on Facebook seem much closer. I enjoy communicating with you.”

Chris Hegarty Savage: “I’m enjoying retirement in spite of all the COVID-19 issues. I have to say I’m especially glad to be retired as I was a medical laboratory scientist for 45 years and would be in the thick of testing if I were still working. My thanks to all the techs who are doing so! I’m playing a lot of pickleball, as it’s a sport that we play outdoors for now. I’m grateful that our city has kept the courts open as it’s one of the few physical and social things we are safely able to do. I’m looking forward to getting back to babysitting two days a week for my grandchildren (three and eight) starting after Labor Day. Another exciting thing happening is my son, daughter-in-law and little boy (one) are moving back to the Cleveland area in Sept., from Colorado Springs. They’ve been out there for six years and are ready to come back home to family. Their jobs are allowing them to work from here.

One good thing that has come out of this COVID thing is they’ve proven they can do their jobs mostly from home. So as much as I enjoy summertime, I’m really looking forward to Sept.! Stay well everyone.”

Noreen (Rene) Conover Reed: “COVID-19 has curtailed all of our travel plans for the foreseeable

future, and it has most definitely changed our lifestyle! Our youngest granddaughter, Lucy, just had her first birthday, and we celebrated the event with a Zoom party. Glad for technology, but miss all of the hugs and sloppy kisses that only one-yearolds can give. Hoping everyone is staying safe and well. Counting the days until we all can meet again.”

Nan Robertson Clarke: “A big shout-out to all our classmates who helped lift the great class of ’73 past the goal of 30% participation in this year’s Sweet Briar Fund. It would take more than a pandemic to stop us, and you have the sincere gratitude of both the College and your class officers, Diane Reiling, Evie Cowles and me. Speaking of the pandemic, my last trip before lockdown was to meet Emily Garth Brown and Diane Leslie (Diane’s sister Carol St. John ’75 was kind enough to share her beautiful beach house); Susan Craig was busy with the completion of a new bungalow for herself and Wayne in Columbia, but she was very much there in spirit. We did miss our daughter’s June wedding (though we saw it streamed) and have not yet met our sixth grandchild, but everyone in the family is healthy and employed, among other blessings. I have loved having time to garden and read. By procrastinating in downsizing, Hal and I have also had plenty of room in both the house and yard to spread out. As Khalil Gibran said in The Prophet (I’m pretty sure I had that poster up freshman year!): ‘Let there be spaces in your togetherness.”

Dianne Wood Keyser: “Living through COVID-19 has been an experience. I have been working with the state of NC’s COVID-19 contact tracing surge staff for a few months. It has been an interesting experience. I have learned some interesting new skills during my constantly changing retirement. Right now, I am in Jacksonville, FL, with my sister who is recuperating from surgery. I’ll be heading home this weekend and hope to get back to work with the contact training and communicable disease data entry.

Life has certainly changed this year.

I am keeping up with SBC and the changes going on there. I just hope we can all make it through these challenging times. We are certainly

CLASS NOTES and relocating (but only five blocks away). I spend much of my day writing, specifically poetry, and have had success publishing in journals. I am working on a collection, and hope it will be published in the not-too-distant future. I still dabble on occasion in graphic design and communications. Both sons are well with one in Columbia as an attorney with Social Security Administration and one in LA in legal software sales. Wayne is semi-retired, but also keeps his fingers in real estate brokerage. We both hope that this move and next stage of life will be a time for travel and enjoying our later years! Wishes to all for wellness and peace in this fragile time.”

Ann Major Gibb: “I am doing my best to stay safe during the pandemic. I have cleaned out my attic which is a huge plus! Can’t wait to travel again!”

Jeanne Schaefer Bingham: “Coronavirus has forced Rack to work at home. It is making him reconsider his retirement. We both stay entertained by watching the 3-ring grandson circus next door around their pool and with their variety of ATVs. These days, I guess, it is good to be entertained without going anywhere! I was just able to watch a mother deer nursing her fawn right outside my window.”

Mary Danford: “Our son Brendan was married Sept. 1, 2019, in a vineyard in Santa Rosa, CA. It was a beautiful wedding, and we were delighted that sister-in-law Alison Baker was there to share it with us.

Fortunately, the opening of my first art show happened in early March of this year right before everything was closed down by the pandemic.

We’re physically distancing out here in the woods, going for walks on the road, and making banana bread with chocolate chunks. Thrilled to have a distanced vacation at the OR coast (Manzanita) with Brendan and Bryn over the 4th of July. Finally got a haircut at the end of July after almost six months! Hope everyone’s staying safe and that one of these days I can make it back to SBC for a reunion.”

Evelyn Carter Cowles: “I am blessed that between MT and VA, Reynolds and I have two beautiful rural places to socially distance ourselves. I broke my ankle a year ago (Aug.) which left me staring at the

walls for several months and therefore planning a lot of house projects.

After much physical therapy I am finally starting to move around a little better and hope to get back to riding soon. We purchased a used popup camper to head to MT which I nicknamed The Clampett-Mobile.

It got us there and back! We had a great time fishing and seeing friends.

Reynolds is almost retired, and all the kids and grandkids are doing well. I am sorry to report that Judith Buttrick Sargent passed away in June leaving her husband of 43 years and their two children. Thanks for all your news and here’s to everyone staying healthy for our 50th!”

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Anne Cogswell Burris 1437 Headquarters Plantation Dr. Johns Island, SC 29455 acburris@comcast.net Bet Bashinsky Wise: “Doug and I spent the summer again at our residence in Whitefish, MT. We discovered this area on a BackRoads cycling trip in 1995. There was certainly plenty of social distancing there. Gail Ann Zarwell Winkler and John joined us to celebrate July 4, 2019. The hiking photo was from a few weeks ago when I was with the Summit Sisters to Numa Ridge Lookout overlooking mountain drainage of Bowman Lake in the North Fork of Glacier National Park. I finally hung up my spurs due to chronic back issues. This next chapter in life I’m trying to learn sculling. My spina bifida son, Case, is involved with the Nashville Rowing Club, and he’s dragged me to winter conditioning on ERG’s for a few winters now; I’ve taken the plunge (literally) to attempt this sport. Our dog, Freeway, was 13 or 14 and crossed over the rainbow bridge on Halloween 2019. All our 2020 travel plans were canceled due to COVID-19.

We were looking forward to many new destinations—oh well, maybe in future years, God willing.”

Catherine Cranston Whitham: “I wish I could say that I have taken up some wonderful creative outlet during the COVID-19 time. Instead I had three tears in my shoulder which was repaired in April. Recently I signed on to do my bit for

a COVID-19 by taking one 24-hr. period a week this fall and providing some form of cultural enrichment for my grandchildren (six and nine) because they are only in school two days a week. Since I have zero teaching skills, I’ve been making a list of local people from other continents to meet and ask about their culture and what brought them to this country.

Then I thought of trips to the museum and anywhere else of historical interest. We will include swimming, weather permitting, and then go on bike rides before meeting daughter, Ann, in Charlottesville to hand them off late afternoon. I counted 16 Thursdays between the end of August and Christmas. I’ll be eating my Wheaties, for sure! Happily, we are well, and like most of us, lying low to stay off COVID-19’s radar. Whit loves retirement. Me? Not so much.”

Beverley Crispin Heffernan: “Well let’s see, last year I reported I was going to go to Scotland in September with Nancy Haight and Cynde Manning Chatham.

We were leaving on a Tuesday. The

Painting by Coni Crocker Crutchfield ’75

Bet Bashinsky Wise ’75 in North Fork of Glacier National Park

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going through some serious changes in our country and the world as a whole.

Charlotte Ann Evans Klett: “I have not yet retired! Have bought a new home in the country, and separated from my spouse (we are still friends, just can’t live together anymore). Other than that, no news is good news! I am the doctor for four prisons in NC, taking care of adult male felons now, a big change from hospice, but I do love my job and it is the least stressful job I have ever had!

My prisons have had offenders with COVID-19, but none so far have had much in the way of symptoms.”

Cindy Bekins Anderson: “Our son graduated from pharmacy school in May and is now in his residency.

Our daughter was married July 25 in a COVID-inspired immediate family wedding in our backyard... so intimate and special. One of our granddaughters is having a baby in Oct., which will mean I’ll be married to a great grandfather! Good health to all.”

Marion McKee Humphreys: “Hunter and I continue to enjoy our families with three grands in Nashville and three in Memphis! He is still practicing law, and I am still very involved with teaching a chronological Bible study. We both continue to stay active with swimming, Pilates and walking as my go to sports. We also love our lake home in AK and go there as often as we can! My mom died in Jan. so while getting all my stuff out of her attic, I reminisced about our years at SBC with lots of fun pics and memorabilia.”

Lacy Williams: “I am still working selling real estate in Richmond, but my husband and I are looking forward to spending more time in the winter in FL.” Jane Knutson James: “We’ve been at home for months. We’ve done car caravans connected by phone with our son’s family, which are pretty fun. When it seemed safe we actually visited them and our daughter’s family, with masks and virtual hugs. It’s not normal but no one is or has been sick! House projects, painting, gardening and walking fill our days.”

Susan Craig: “In this year of change and challenge, Wayne and I are finishing up building a small house, selling our home of 34 years

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Friday before our departure, I broke my femur getting bucked off a horse, so they went without me! I was laid up for several months. I began some light riding again in November and started shuttling between our homes in Sandy and Hurricane, UT, in December. Cynde and Nancy and Robin Singleton Cloyd did come and visit me while I was laid up!

When COVID-19 happened, all travel plans were cancelled, including our reunion! I am going to AK (Aug. 5-12, 2020) and MI (Sept. 2020) for mounted archery competitions.

Jim and I doubt our planned trip in Oct./Nov. to Australia and New Zealand will happen. We certainly live in interesting times! Hoping Sweet Briar can squeeze in a belated 45th reunion for us!”

Coni Crocker Betzendahl: “I would be remiss if I did not say it has been a year like no other. Gratefully, Richard and I are doing very well.

Both our daughters and husbands and grandchildren are also great, and all live within 20 minutes of us, so we frequently get together. We enjoy our mill farm together and sit in the stream to cool off. Our veggie garden is quite huge again this year, so we are planning on processing our signature salsa yet again. The beginning of the quarantine, I painted. Attached is one of them. It’s a petite painting, from a photo I took on a cruise a few years ago and stopped in Montenegro. I loved this woman’s disdain for all of the tourists in her small town.

Richard and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary in June 2020.

A milestone in quarantine. We had planned an African safari…oh well, first world problems. I hope and pray that all of you are well. And I also hope and pray for healing of this very troubled world. Hugs to all!”

Louisa Dixon: “I am writing from Staunton, VA, where I am an ‘adult child living at home’ with my mother who just turned 102 and who is still going strong. I am in close touch with our Richmond classmates, Terry Starke Tosh and Sarah Dowdey, who have both been so kind to my mother (and me!). They have also helped with old and new Charlottesville¬-Besançon (France) Sister City exchanges. No one will be surprised to hear that Terry can often produce ‘realia’ from our SBC Junior Year in Paris. It’s been fun to

Chris Hoefer Myers ’75 in Oregon

see my freshman Glass dorm neighbors, Kathy Osborne Spirtes and Carol Brewer Evans, when they’ve passed through town.”

Mary Dubuque Desloge: “Life is good in St. Louis. My three sons are all now married. At the time of this writing, we have three grandsons and two granddaughters. I was in Richmond last summer for my son Ray’s marriage to a Richmond girl (William & Mary), but they are in no rush to add to our brood of grandchildren. I may not have gotten to SBC this year, but being in VA for the wedding was wonderful!”

Linda Frazier-Snelling: “Michael and I are enjoying retirement in Palm Springs, CA, close by to my son and his family. The three grandchildren here in Southern CA are trying to deal with the virtual school year caused by COVID-19 and no sports. It has not been fun for them. 2019 was eventful for my daughter’s family (this was the daughter who attended our 5th reunion) with graduation from high school for my grandson and a wedding for my granddaughter. Michael and I walked down the aisle because she wanted to honor family that had impacted her life. Her husband did the same from his family. It was a wonderful affair on the shore of the Puget Sound with family present as far away as Japan. It’s pretty amazing to watch my first grandchildren now

adults with their own lives. Are we really that old?! It seems like just yesterday I was walking across campus to the biology lab at 8 a.m.!

Having not been able to have our 45th reunion just means we can have a bigger one at 50! I hope our class members and their families are safe and healthy.”

Cathie Grier Kelly: “Like everyone else, we have been sheltering in place and practicing social distancing. Our family is lucky to have access to two different beach houses, so we have enjoyed trips to Vero Beach, FL, and Wrightsville Beach, NC. A highlight for me during this unprecedented time has been regular Zoom calls with five of my closest classmates: Carol Brewer Evans, Ellen Harrison Saunders, Betsy Brooks Jones, Pam Myers Turner and Patty O’Malley Brunger. I retired from teaching Kindergarten this past spring and am enjoying more time with my two grandchildren, Melody (six) and Nathaniel (four). I wish good health to all my classmates.”

Lisa Hall Isbell: “Since midMarch, my husband and I have been in isolation. Like the rest of the Federal government, the National Archives has been put to telework. The Conservation Lab has been writing SOPs/guidelines for the various practices/functions of the Conservation Lab. Our household remains well. We are grateful for our pres-

ervation through these times, while we are mindful of the many perils of others in the thick of dealing with the hazards. Hoping all are safe and remain well!”

Ellen Harrison Saunders: “Whitney and I are still in Suffolk, VA, where Whitney is still practicing law. I continue to be active with our free health care clinic, Sweet Briar and my family’s senior living business where our son, Harrison, is the CEO. COVID-19 has made this a very difficult few months. Mary Carson and her family are in Norfolk, VA. Grace just moved to Durham, NC, and Harrison and his family are in Philadelphia. We have four grandchildren under the age of four and thankfully are in their bubble now!

Zoom happy hour visits have been a lot of fun with Betsy Brooks Jones, Cathie Grier Kelly, Carol Brewer Evans, Patti O’Malley Brunger and Pam Meyer Turner. Kathy Rose Rawls and I have enjoyed social distancing with each other. Sending best wishes to all our classmates for a safe and healthy year ahead. Fingers crossed we’ll get to celebrate our reunion next year!”

Helen Hodges Richards: “I have retired. I went to see my dad for his 90th birthday. My time is spent mostly clearing out and cleaning.”

Chris Hoefer Myers: “This summer I completed several weeks of gyrotonic training, and I am now a certified apprentice trainer (gyrotonic. com)! I travelled to Bend, OR, for a few weeks in Aug. to help Aidan and Mike move into their beautiful new home. Now they’ll have plenty of room and a yard for precious August (five) and Liam (two). Christian, who is a nurse at Mayo in Rochester, MN, and her handsome beau from Wilmington, DL, joined us for a visit! The whole family plans to return to South Andros, Bahamas for scuba diving over Thanksgiving (if international travel restrictions don’t prevent it). Then, I am back to Bend, OR, for a long visit over Christmas and New Year’s. Here in Columbia, SC, my garden continues to occupy and delight me, along with my guitar and courses from Bishop Robert Barron’s Word On Fire Institute.”

Carol Leslie St. John: “Tommy and I moved out of Essex Fells, NJ, to Vero Beach, FL, this past year. We now spend most of the winter there,

Gail Ann Zarwell Winkler ’75 and husband John in Montana

was safer to spend our time outside on the beach, in the sun and breathing ocean air! (But no hugging!) Pre COVID-19, Sister Jane (SBC ’73) and I attended Sweet Briar Day in Charleston, SC. It was great fun to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones. I wish everyone well and look forward to gathering again at SBC.” Elizabeth Montgomery: “During COVID-19, I have spent most of my time on my sun porch in my treehouse watching the birds, doing puzzles, crosswords, reading and playing bridge online. I’ve also gotten out to go for long walks and go swimming. I have spent many hours watching lots of movies and TV—all in the name of research for my acting career—which is non-existent (as is the rest of Hollywood) for right now.

My timing for leaving LA two years ago was perfect! In early March I went on a fascinating trip to Egypt with a cruise on the Nile. Although we were called home three days early because of COVID-19, we basically saw 90% of what we were expecting to see.”

Denise Montgomery: “My father died just a month short of his 95th birthday in December 2019, and his sister died in February 2020 just two months short of her 100th birthday. I’ve had to cancel several

trips aside from our reunion, and the only trips I’ve been on were a trip to Portugal in March 2019, a trip to San Francisco in September 2019 where I saw Hamilton, a trip to Indiana for my father’s memorial service on December 7, and my last trip for who knows how long to Philadelphia; the most exciting thing now is to make a trip to the drive-in movie near Lexington, since I’m now hunkered down in isolation in order not to get COVID-19.”

Patty O’Malley Brunger: “The Sweet Chix: Carol Brewer Evans, Betsy Brooks Jones, Cathie Grier Kelly, Ellen Harrison Saunders, Pamela Myre Turner and Patty O’Malley Brunger have enjoyed mini reunions via Zoom. Since we can’t travel together now it’s been fun sharing wine time virtually!”

Johna Pierce Stephens: “Crazy times! Hubby (Tom Stephens) and I are renovating our home in Davidsonville, MD, and working to restore his family farm in Casanova while living in my family home outside Warrenton, VA. My sisters and I have renovated our grandfather’s home in NC after a break-in/ vandalism in October 2019. Luckily, we had a good contractor who kept working after the first COVID-19 shutdown so we are just about done.

At the time of this writing, we have

not been able to travel there to enjoy it. We are temporarily without a horse or dog, but we plan to remedy that as soon we can. Tom is a partner in LHT Consultants, a registered investment advisory firm and stays plenty busy. Rachael is program director for workforce programs with the National Governors’ Association’s Economic Opportunity/ Center for Best Practices. She advises state leaders on workforce development and education policies. If anyone knows someone in VA who specializes in restoring very old windows with very old glass, please send me the contact info! I want to think someone in our class does that, but may have my memory wires crossed!

Hoping for better times for all and for our next reunion!”

Janet Richards Oikawa: “Our family is staying safe and healthy!

Our son, David, and his wife, Miranda, were married in October 2019. Everyone had a great time at the lovely wedding! We had to put down our beloved Jack Russell Terrier, Nicky, in April 2020. He was our granddog for 14-½ years….RIP Nicky!”

Anne Ross Shipe: “I am so disappointed we were unable to have our 45 reunion but better safe than sorry. Charlottesville awaits with trepidation the return of the first

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and summers are still at the Jersey Shore. With two sons in the NYC area, the summertime is happily filled with beach time with six of our eight grandchildren. Our oldest, Bryan, still lives in London with his wife and two little ones. We left London in early March just as the world came to a stop. I talk to my SBC friends often, and the pandemic has given us even more incentive to keep in touch more. Hoping to have them all down for Boxwood Reunion in Vero as soon as we can fly without worry.

By the time we read this, hopefully there will have been a vaccine and the world looks brighter. I, for one, am beyond grateful for the science that will get us there! Wishing everyone good health!”

Linda Lucas Steele: “I celebrate the wonders of modern medicine, 43 years of marriage, and the life choices of my children. My thought-provoking conversations with friends and family have provided joy and respite from 2020’s quarantine, death, injustice and violence. The highlights of the past year include: Tulip tutorials with expert Ashley Randle Averell and a sumptuous visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts with Beth Montgomery to appreciate Edward Hopper and the American Hotel. I found deep inspiration in Kehinde Wiley’s Rumors of War, a monument to inclusivity that depicts a broad vision of what it means to be American. I am the primary caregiver for Roger who continues recovery from a 2019 bone marrow transplant and have my own medicinal side gig babysitting grandson Hampton (15 months) on Wednesdays. Take care and be safe everyone.”

Margaret McFaddin: “I am still working from home as a housing/ homeless programs consultant gradually cutting back my hours. Thankfully, all members of my family are healthy. I spent a long weekend in Mexico with Jody Anderson Wharton and Kathleen Ryan just prior to the travel ban for COVID-19. We had a great time indulging in margaritas and relaxing on the beach.

Spring/summer I was busy with building a new family beach house on the site of our old house that was torn down. I am hoping to celebrate Thanksgiving there, but COVID-19 may have other plans! Jody and I also enjoyed our annual time together at Pawleys Island, SC. We decided it

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Janet Richards Oikawa ’75 and family at son David’s wedding Oct. 2019

Grandchildren of Anne Cogswell Burris ’75, taken on Mother’s Day 2020

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years at UVA but hope they have good sense. Big news in my life is that I finally retired on March 29—someone was looking out for me. It was planned six months prior, and the

only disappointment was not being able to say goodbye in person to my 23 ‘children’ (aka cardiology fellows to whom I was known as mom and not their education coordinator).

Somehow virtual does not do it.

And, even bigger news is that Rachel and Ross had a second son, Carter James Shipe, born in January, 2020.

He joins his older brother, Levon Welford (those that know me understand the middle name). Ross had him on the golf course at age three, and he is sinking his putts at age 3-½.

Jim and I celebrated 37 years in April, albeit quiet and at home. I have kept in close touch with Betsey Clay in Madrid. Sadly, she lost her brother, Richie, earlier this year (not COVID related) but was able to visit one last time in KY prior to the COVID-19 shutdown. He was a year older than most of us and was a UVA alum.

Betsey and I went to St. Anne’s together so we have known each other since 1967. When Rich started at

UVA we were high school seniors and well, enough said at that party.

He was a great father, husband and lawyer, and we will miss him. I have kept in touch with Elaine Altice Saman and Ginny Shipe Cameron, and I feel like our SBC days were just a wink ago. I hope everyone will stay safe and 2021 will bring us all together again.”

Ginny Shipe Cameron: “COVID-19 has certainly altered our lives and businesses. We have been able to stay open throughout the pandemic but with new schedules and precautions. As of this writing, we have had five sick with the virus but all mild cases. Obviously, I’m still working but missing all my fun work trips. I have managed to spend most weekends at the beach which has been a great respite from the heat and political atmosphere of DC. I am happy to report that I just had my two-year check-up at Johns Hopkins and received the great news of no cancer. (Secretary’s note: Woo-hoo to Ginny!) I still stay in touch with Betsey Clay who lost her brother Ritchie this summer. I also keep in touch with Elaine Altice Saman, Heather MacLeod Gale, Anne Ross Shipe and Helen Harrison Witty. I am happy to report that they are all doing well. Helen is head of MADD, which is an awesome tribute to her daughter who died as a result of a drunk driver. I miss everyone and can’t wait to share stories at our next reunion. Stay safe!”

Terry Starke Tosh: “Louisa Dixon’s mom, Doris, turned 102 on July 23, 2020. What an amazing lady. Louisa does a wonderful job of keeping her healthy and happy. Sarah Dowdey and I make regular trips from Richmond to Staunton to visit with Mrs. Dixon and Louisa. Since COVID-19, she remains indoors and guests sit on the patio and chat through a screen door—safe social distance. During the shutdown, I have been able to continue my work as a landscape designer. Being outside, it is easy to remain distant. Our business was not shut down as so many were. If anyone is getting too much rain, please send it to VA! It’s getting crispy!”

Gray Thomas Payne: “What started out as a promising exciting year has morphed into Groundhog Day! We were able to change our location for the summer from

Nashville, TN, to Camden, ME. We will return to Nashville in Sept. to a house we purchased right before we left. I hope we will be able to find anything! Granddaughter Nell Avery arrived Sept. 21, 2019. She and her first cousins, James and Helen, all live within a mile of Tom and me in Nashville. Tom and me are enjoying watching eagles and loons out on the pond and go sailing when we can.

Otherwise we are all trying to stay safe!”

Dorsey Tillett Northrup: “I continue to dabble in the arts. I am painting, approaching intermediate in piano, and I am in my third year of writing a comedic novel that will never be finished! Middle child and family left Brooklyn and lived here awhile to escape COVID-19. They are now elsewhere, waiting for their second child to arrive in Oct. Then, they return here to await a vaccine and bring two kids back for me to babysit. I’m not in shape for this!

Daughter Maggie was married in the forests of Flagstaff, AZ, last fall.

Many friends from Boxwood came, so we held our reunion there. What a blast. I’ve also enjoyed being in touch with sophomore roomy, Celia Robertson McQueen. See you all at reunion next year!”

Bonnie Walton Mayberry: “I have been retired from teaching for 14 years and have loved it. Jerry has been retired for five years now. Our greatest joy is our grandchildren.

Our daughter, Megan, and our sonin-law, Judson, have six adopted children: Larissa (24) from Brazil, Thaxton (13), Ashlynn (12), Platini (10 ) from the Congo, Chadrack (nine) from the Congo and Raelynn (three). Our lives and hearts are so full. In spite of the craziness of our world today, life is still good and we feel very blessed!”

Ann Wesley Ramsey: “Our youngest, Garrett, married the lovely Caroline Estill in January, 2020. The destination wedding took place in Nevis, and it was a beautiful setting for a small family wedding. During our isolation for COVID-19, I broke my shoulder in April. It is almost healed at the time of this writing. Be careful fellow classmates, and don’t do anything risky like opening a barn door with a buzzard on the other side. It can be quite startling, and you can fall over backwards and break a bone! Rocket and I are enjoying the

COVID-19 summer at our home in Manchester-by-the-Sea along with all our children and all five of our grandchildren. Now I know why God gave children to the young!

But these memories, I will cherish forever.”

Kathy Wilson Orton: “I hope all are safe and well. Houston is a COVID-19 hot spot so we have been avoiding it since Dec. I retired from 43 years in banking last year, and John and I have been spending more time at our home in CO. After a trip to the Caribbean in Feb., we were here skiing on March 14 when the world stopped and have been self-quarantined in Snowmass Village ever since. I am certainly not expecting any sympathy. It was a beautiful spring, and we have been hiking, biking and playing lots of golf since June. If anyone is near Snowmass, CO, let me know.”

Wendy Wise Routh: “We are hunkered down in Water Mill, NY. John Carlos lost his position with Grow with Google in April. During his time there he managed to visit all 50 states and see the start of the Iditarod in AK. Lexie is still working at The Broadway League, but she is working remotely in the barn on our property. Carlos is working hard, and all I do is clean, laundry and cook!

I’m loving having us all together! All the labs are loving the undivided attention. I did see Cogs (Anne Cogswell Burris) in Charleston when I went to Jane Perry’s mother’s funeral. I had a wonderful Zoom birthday with Cogs, Ann Wesley Ramsey, Chris Hoefer Myers, Beth Montgomery and Betsy Burdge Murphy.

I look forward to seeing everyone in person, but till then…stay safe and be Sweet Briar strong!”

Suzanne Wright Godfrey: “It has been a quiet year since no traveling is allowed! Although we did sneak off to Houston in June to celebrate our granddaughter’s (two) birthday with her and came back unscathed. Our other son and his wife drove from Denver to spend a week with us the first of July (we had not seen them since Thanksgiving).

I am still running the family timberland business along with other family affairs. My nephew and his girlfriend came from NY to stay with us from March until July when they finally decided to return to NY. We set up a room from which they

could work, and we would be out of their way—seemed to work well.

Although this has been a challenge for all of us, we made it through. My sister and I have been busy since last Nov. working to put our childhood home on the market. What a huge undertaking as the barn and much of the house have not been cleaned out for more than 50 years! We almost killed each other several times as we could not agree on much, and she is the best at procrastination. It has been a very difficult year from Jan.-July in that respect, but the house did sell in less than two weeks, and we closed mid-July. I am trying to learn that crazy game of golf since I can no longer play tennis. What a frustrating game! At least it gets me outside on some beautiful courses. I am also still playing bridge and doing a lot of gardening which helps to keep me sane. We are counting all our blessings as we are all healthy at the time of this writing. I hope all are doing well during this surreal time and are healthy and safe.”

And I, Anne Cogswell Burris, remain your faithful (and very last minute) scribe since we were unable to select someone at the reunion that never was. I had a good time being with Ann Wesley Ramsey in Sept.

2019 during a niece’s wedding at Kiawah Island. Before COVID-19 entered our lives, I attended Sweet Briar Day in Charleston. I loved catching up with Margaret McFaddin, her sister, Jane McFaddin ’73, Tricia Barnett Greenberg ’74 and Rossie Ray Spell ’74. I also enjoyed seeing fellow classmates Chris Hoefer Myers, Wesley, Beth Montgomery and Betsy Burdge Murphy at a virtual Zoom birthday celebration for Wendy Wise Routh in April. We were fortunate to have a beautiful spring in Charleston which allowed us to socially-distance visit with our grandchildren for outdoor get-togethers. We now have five grandchildren (four boys and one girl)—Thomas (seven), Birdie (four), Ben (three), Billy (two) and Charlie (one)—and they all live locally! Daughter-in-law Katie completed all treatments in Dec. and has been cancer-free for a year! Due to the cutback in elective surgeries, her breast reconstruction procedures should be completed by the end of the year. I continue to work part-time but learned during

COVID-19 lockdown that I don’t really need to go into the office more than once or twice a week! Meanwhile, Lon doesn’t think he will get back into his office until the end of the year! So, I am playing lots of golf (and, no, my game has not improved), playing bridge online and helping with the grandchildren who have been out of school and/or daycare since mid-March. Although our plans and work on our new house are on hold, we hope that once this virus dies down we will be able to get back to completing our plans and maybe even break ground! It is most obvious from all the notes that our lives have been greatly affected in the past year. May we find ourselves in a much better place this time next year. Many thanks to all for your quick responses and your kind and thoughtful words of encouragement.

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Peggy Weimer Parrish 1301 Sycamore Square Dr. Midlothian, VA 23113 peggyparrish@gmail.com Debbie Mutch Olander writes that quarantine has been just fine with her as she has plenty to keep herself busy and reasonably happy.

She is waiting for the verdict on dialysis. She just became a great aunt for the second time with another Vixen, Margaret Fox Reck, born last week at Johns Hopkins. The family thus increases, which is very exciting.

Margot Mahoney Budin and family were able to get away for a week at the beach and that really helped with the quarantine blues.

She is now trying to nail down college plans on or off campus (University of Texas-Austin and St. Lawrence in NY) for her twins, and her older daughter is back in NY. Kay Ellisor Hopkins and her husband Joe have been enjoying retirement. In early March, they traveled to Kansas City to visit the World War I museum. Kay’s paternal grandfather served as a machine gunner in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, and she was in search of information to help her understand his experience since she was never able to hear firsthand accounts from him. They then

traveled to Keystone, CO, to meet middle daughter, her husband and six and four-year-old granddaughters for a week. They enjoyed skiing and sledding, and everyone enjoyed tubing at a mountain-top facility. At this time, they are hoping to plan a fall road trip. The TX hill country, a visit to the painted churches of TX or a bourbon/horse country tour are possibilities, depending on how the country opens up.

Cheryl Lux Cobb wrote that their lives here at the ranch haven’t really changed, as they are naturally isolated and work from home, except dealing with a one-third drop in income—extreme uncertainty regarding cattle market prices, backlogs of cattle with reduced packing plant processing; it’s a whole domino effect. On the plus, they are isolated from urban riots, in a green, beautiful, free so far from flooding or forest fire smoke, and clean environment with a nearly perfect summer with lots of hay. Daughter Elizabeth Cobb ’15 will marry her fiancé Joshua Thompson in Kansas City, MO, in Sept. Their planning sounds like getting married in wartime—uncertainties as to availability of items, services, number of people permitted at the ceremony/reception, social restrictions, etc., but they don’t want to wait another year.

Ann Kiley Crenshaw is still practicing law and involved in probably too many community activities. Her son, Clarke Jr., and his wife in Dallas now have three girls.

The baby was born in late Jan. and the proud grandparents have been unable to see her in person due to COVID. Her son, Gordon, and his wife live in Richmond with one baby girl and a boy on the way. Ann misses seeing friends and family! No trips this summer or UVA football in the fall. She (like most of us) is looking forward to the vaccine to put an end to this pandemic.

Carol Clement Knapp and husband, Richard, celebrated their third anniversary, and are so delighted and happy to share this crazy 2020 quarantine with each other. They have a five-year-old granddaughter with their youngest son and daughterin-law, and are expecting their first grandchild from their oldest son and daughter-in-law in 2021 (or before).

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without contemplating additions, landscaping and projects. She has been teaching yoga for years and feels that it’s now time to roll up her teacher’s mat for good with the virus still haunting the world.

The news from Teesie Costello Howell is her great joy at announcing she is going to be a grandmother in Dec., praying all goes well! Daughter Suzannah and her husband live in Greenville, SC. Teesie and husband Chris have been quarantining at home, from where she is working, and remain busier than ever.

Lisa Schubert reported that the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, where she works, closed its doors in mid-March, the first time it has been closed for an extended period since it first opened over a hundred years ago. The soup kitchen has continued providing meals each Sunday to people whose circumstances are challenging even during the best of times. Life for Lisa, as it is for so many, is filled with scheduled Zoom gatherings, work and social.

A highpoint of these gatherings is a weekly check-in with Holly Weaver Kenreich, Liz Farmer Jarvis and Jill Wentworth Wright. Since Lisa has mostly stayed confined in her apartment with a windowsill full of houseplants, it has been her joy to see the gardens that have been created by Jill, Liz and Holly. Jill is a master landscape artist, and her deep knowledge of color and flowering plants are an inspiration. Lisa keeps in touch with Mary Jane Hipp Brock ’70, who serves on the board of the cathedral, and who for years has brought magic to people of all ages through her work with clowns, puppeteers, magicians and the circus. While Lisa finds it difficult to imagine what is ahead, COVID has shown her how little—beyond friendship—she really needs!

Gina Spangler Polley has used the quarantine to further her education; she will be attending USC Gould School of Law this fall in their online Master of Studies of Law (MSL) program, which will give her a legal education but not qualify her for the bar in TN. Gina is still riding but many shows have been cancelled.

She and her husband still travel, but mainly short trips to resorts where they can take their dog!

As for me, Peggy Weimer Parrish, this will be the last class notes

I will have the privilege of writing due to our upcoming reunion (45!) in 2021. I have so much enjoyed getting to learn of your news and appreciate the opportunity! Like many of you, I have learned to Zoom when my classes at John Tyler Community College (where I teach) abruptly went online in March when I returned from spring break. I stay in touch with Teesie Costello Howell, Margaret Milnor Mallory and MaryBeth Hamlin Finke via email, phone calls and texts. I recently spent a lovely weekend with Elliott Graham Schoenig at her farm in Charlottesville with JoElla Schneider Samp ’77. Since my sons are in New Orleans and Seattle, I have filled my spare time fostering kittens for Richmond Animal League; kittens are the antidote to COVID-19!

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Dee Hubble Dolan 451 Dunlin Ct. Midlothian, VA 23114 hubble43@yahoo.com The first half of this year will certainly go in the history books. Unfortunately, many of our classmates who regularly get together were unable to in 2020 so far. Let’s hope this changes for the later part of the year.

Molly Reeb Nissman, our class president, married Harry Lehman November of 2019 after 10 years of courtship. They have six children and nine grandchildren between them. Molly finished her MBA from William & Mary after five long years while working. She is still a financial advisor with UBS and lives in Virginia Beach.

Sally Bonham Mohle said the only news she has is that a dear family friend turned 100 years old on July 14, 20!

Linda Uihlein welcomed her first heritage Dutch Belted bull calf to Little Owl Natural Farm on July 5. She competes for Dolly’s milk with her herd of shared customers.

She has made a good homemade yogurt starter, but not as good as Sweet Briar’s she admits, and has also started making cheese. She has Heritage Hog Island ewe lambs, laying hens, guineas, polo and a cat around the farm. All are welcome to visit!

Anne Rubel Waddell reports that most of her COVID time has

been spent mostly painting horses.

She is proud to have been married to her loving husband, Jim, for 34 years. She is now a grandmother of a beautiful baby boy. Anne stays in touch with Toni Bredin Massie who is doing well.

Debi Butteri Akers is now living in Atlanta, GA, with her husband of many years. Debi is a personal shopper and dressed for her son, Cooper’s, wedding a couple of years ago.

Libby White Drbal and Doug are loving their lives in CO and taking advantage of fly fishing, skiing, and even went to a dude ranch in Jackson Hole a couple of years ago. Frequent visitors to their yard are bobcats, coyotes, wild turkeys, hawks, owls, mule deer and an occasional black bear. Their boys, Drew (30) and Tyler (28) are happily employed in Atlanta, GA. Her biggest news is they have become parents again with a 3-month-old Golden Retriever named Brewzer. Libby skis with Vivian Yamaguchi Cohn every winter and always stays in touch with Jo Jo Scott, Maggie Shriver, and Keedie Grones Leonard ’76. She reports that Robin Cramer’s mother, Rejji, is still living in CT at 90 years of age.

Catherine Goodhart Henson wanted us to be aware that Atlanta has a ‘living room learning’ get together every Jan. (pre-COVID).

The program has become so popular they now meet at the Atlanta History Center. She recently saw Helen Milner Gordon and Louise Aiken Calhoun who are doing well.

Ellen Sellers McDowell’s daughter, Ginny, got married last Oct. to Mark Martinson (UVA ’01) whose grandmother, Helen Ann Littleton ’40, went to SBC! They are living in Dallas. Emily is still in Portland, OR, with her husband, Alex Cameron.

They have two children, Alice who is 2-½ years old and her new brother, Henry (six months). Mary Susan and her husband, Sam Hunter, live in Midland, TX, with their son, Sam, who is 18 months old. Their youngest daughter, Kate (28), have moved to Leesburg, VA, where she is managing two farms for the nonprofit A Farm Less Ordinary. Rex is semi-retired, and Ellen is working part-time at the cooking school.

Barbara Bernick Peyronnet and Doug’s youngest daughter, Annie, married Hunter last Nov. She

teaches fifth grade while Hunter is an assistant manager for Woodcraft and owns 13 Oaks Woodshop where he makes beautiful furniture. Maggie and her husband live in Charleston, SC, and are expecting their first child in Dec. Barb continues to volunteer at church and play golf, while Doug is still active with his band, The Common Folk. In the past couple of years, I have downsized my rescue animal herd from 22 to three, sold the farm, and live in a condo in Midlothian, VA. I’ve decided to simplify my life, so I am retiring from Brandermill Woods in one week!

I do have a cottage in St. Michael’s, MD, where I see Nina Baker Neal several times a month. Let’ all pray we remain healthy and safe to report additional news in the spring! Love to all, D. Hubble Dolan

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Suzanne Stryker Ullrich 820 Waverly Road Kennett Square, PA 19348 suzullrich@aol.com I suppose the real start for these class notes should be “How many things did you have to cancel or postpone?” There were weddings, graduations and birthdays and vacations that had to take a back seat to life in general. Life in the time of COVID, who’d a thunk it? But as Mary Page Stewart wrote, “there are plenty of dark clouds with COVID, but my challenge is to find the silver lining in all this.” True, and I bet that as we all reflect back, we will be able to do the same. How many of us have a more organized house or closets?

How many have learned a new skill or craft? Did you learn how to stay close with a new form of technology?

Yes, the world changed, dramatically, but the connections we were able to maintain are what really mattered.

Perhaps our focus became a little sharper as we all navigated through, remembering the important things in life.

As for Mary Page Stewart’s silver linings, she has “painted two commissions that have been on the back burner for months, read through my book pile, took out a shell of a doll house from a closet and had a ball building it, furnishing it, making food out of clay, and

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Kudos to Donna and Dennis!

Katherine Powell Heller admitted that her 2020 day planner was her most underutilized purchase of the year, usually a source of newsworthy moments! However, the most fantastic event of the COVID times was the birth of her and John’s first grandchild, Virginia Carrington George, on April 24. “She came a month early and was delivered in Emory’s midtown hospital which is the designated COVID intake hospital for the Emory system, so naturally we were concerned. Turned out the hospital was a ghost town at that point of the epidemic as Emory had stopped all elective surgeries and it was before many hospitalizations for COVID were needed in Georgia.”

May might have been another story!

Fortunately, Katherine and John had been following all the Emory protocols and general social distancing rules and were able to see and interact with their granddaughter. They have already had babysitting stents and are loving every minute of it!

Melanie Bowen Steglich had plenty of time to reflect on 40 years of marriage, working full time, side by side with Lee in his dental practice.

Their Aug. 2 anniversary reminded Melanie of it being “extremely hot in Macon, GA, that day in 1980 as Drusie Hall Bishop, Cathy Patton Foose, Mary Moore Garrison, Frances Biggers Flock ’79, and Alice Benton Major ’79 surely remember!”

As for working in a dental office, life after 20 years in the apparel industry has changed a bit! “My new attire is now scrubs, gloves and masks!” and also admitting that she, not the patients, has been the one blessed through this experience. Melanie continues to communicate with all of their Taiwanese kids through LINE, sharing a continuous stream of pictures and videos of all of the grandchildren. “I still think we are going to win the Guinness Book of World Records for the most grandkids!” Melanie closed with prayers for good health and safety for all, and “ain’t we still great!”

Cassandra Smith Babbitt is very busy with her quilting business in ME, Fiddlehead Quilts, and stated “it turns out that a pandemic is good for business! But I think I would rather have less business and

Mary Page Stewart ’78 and grandkids at the zoo

no pandemic.” On the bright side, her husband is home from Saudi Arabia for a while, but she still can’t see her granddaughters or son, as they don’t live in the U.S. Paula Brown Kelley and Jack had her mother staying with them for a few weeks after a surgery. Luckily, they live within eye-shot from each other, across a pond, so when her mother returned to her own house, Paula could still be there to help when needed.

Becky Mulvihill McKenna has had a busy year, despite COVID. Becky and extended family were able to spend a week in Guatemala where her daughter, Katie, had spent time in the Peace Corps. Katie loved the area so much that she and her fiancé chose the site for their wedding! A destination wedding provided many great memories! The post-COVID whirlwind continued at the end of May when youngest daughter, Erin, had their first baby in Seattle.

“I wasn’t able to be with her for the birth, but our whole family decided to drive across the country to get to visit Memphis,” their new grandson.

Everyone made sure they tested negative before arriving! The 4000-mile roundtrip was an “epic journey, but we loved every minute of it! It was like having Christmas in June!” Middle daughter, Maggie, was expecting a second child in Sept. so Becky was already anticipating another road-trip to Minneapolis! Becky spoke of having to convert her pri-

Mary Goodwin Gamper ’78 and Mimi Borst Quillman ’78 hiking in NH

vate practice, graduate teaching and workshops all to online format, “a task I did not take to very well, but I have crossed over and survived!”

Husband, Ken, (a high school counselor) was gearing up to go back to school, but like so many educators, was waiting to find out how they were going to accomplish the many challenges to maintain the safety and health of both staff, faculty and kids.

“Being flexible and creative is the name of the game these days! Be safe everyone!”

Mary Goodwin Gamper and Mimi Borst Quillman (and spouses) were able to escape to Center Sandwich, NH, for some outdoor fun, hiking and swimming in the lake, while isolating! Dick Gamper (Maria Rixey Gamper’s husband and Mary’s brother-in-law) came up to hike as well. “I’m so tired of

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making bed linens from my mother’s old monogrammed tea towels. The house’s address is 202 Silver Linings Way!” Besides all the crafty things undertaken, MP stayed in touch via Zoom calls (“more connection than ever before!”) and had her daughter and family come to Baltimore for three weeks to get away from Houston. That was her best silver lining of all! A trip to the zoo, with all wearing their masks, gave pause for reflection.

Cathy Mellow Golterman said her time will be remembered as “putting our home on the market and downsizing, falling down the stairs when decluttering, breaking a toe, having a tear in her rotator cuff and going to therapy!” At the time, Cathy’s school was still not sure if they were going to reopen, so she decided she would continue nannying and dog sitting full time. After graduating cum laude from WMU Law School, son Woody was going to take the bar exam sometime in the fall and “the jury is still out on where he will be practicing” after that. Daughter Catherine is working with special needs children, while Christen works with her husband Peter at American Insurance Co. part time. Husband Chris remains busy at Commerce Bank, but they found time to get out on the boat during the summer, while anticipating a 38th wedding anniversary!

Donna Mihalik Gelogotis Lee and husband Dennis are both writers, both experiencing some notoriety! Dennis’s manuscript Tidal Wave! won the 2020 Morgenthau III Poetry Prize (Passager Books) while Donna’s book, Intersection on Neptune (The Poetry Press of Press Americana, 2019) which won the Prize Americana, was reviewed in Presence: A Journey of Catholic Poetry and in Sticks and Stones, a newsletter. This book is also being used in a creative writing course at the university level! Donna reported that she is happy to report that many other poems and collections she has written appear in numerous journals and online. Look for her Typewriter in Aji magazine, Your Father in Feminist Fathering/Fathering Feminists: New Definitions and Directions (Demeter Press), To Nostalgia, Spasm, and The Cross of Time appearing in TRANSverse, an online journal, issue 18. Another poem, Living Without Fear of the

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quarantine, but glad to be here with good friends!” Mary’s exciting news was that her third grandchild was expected in Sept.! Mimi added that they all missed having Ginny Craig with them for their annual hiking excursion! (Another COVID cancellation!) Mimi’s new daughter-inlaw (married Ian Jan. 2020), Elyse, had finished up her fellowship in glaucoma during the summer and was now on staff at Johns Hopkins in the ophthalmology department.

Ian is working for the International Trade Commission in DC but, like so many others, was working from home. Mimi still works part-time for a 108-year-old wood planing mill, is president of her P.E.O. Chapter, as well as serving on her altar guild at church. When possible, Mimi loves to get together with the Philadelphia

SBC Club. (Hopefully it won’t be too long until we will all be able to participate in our area club events again!)

Lauren Place Young was very sad to report that Joan “Jo” Gulick Grant ’50, one of her longtime and loved residents at The Greens in Hanover, NH, died in early July. Lauren continues to keep her residents at The Greens (retirement community) safe and COVID free. “So far, so good!”

Muffy Hamilton Parsons reports she is going to be a MOG next year, and as expected, she is extremely excited! Younger son, Spencer, proposed to his longtime girlfriend, Devon. After traveling to Boston to help the engaged couple celebrate with both sets of parents present, Muffy was already starting to make plans!

As for me, I was able to experience both sides of life’s continuum.

Most of the first half of the year was spent being able to take care of my mother, for which I am profoundly grateful as I know so many families were unable to be with their loved ones. Being in a condo of her own nearby allowed us to come and go, to be with her at the end, sharing stories and favorite foods. But luckily, there was also a new arrival, grandchild #3! Our youngest, Ned, and his wife, Mariah, had Benjamin William in mid-May and were happy to be able to share that news and many FaceTime moments with Ned’s Mimi!

As one life arrived, another left, sadly but peacefully, mid-June. As we were not allowed to see Benjamin for his first month, we waited until late June to travel down to Columbia, TN, to see all, as well as a few days of work on their previous house in AL, prepping it for rental! The temptation was strong to meet with fellow SBC ’78 classmates in nearby Nashville, but that would have to wait! I was able to have a long chat with Drusie Hall Bishop while driving back north, laughing the whole time, of course! And thank goodness for Toni Christian Brown and Jim! How nice that Lexington is a halfway point! A good snooze in the apartment above the shed, and coffee on the patio, as well as a dinner at The Southern Inn al fresco made the ride down and back so much more enjoyable! We earned our keep, helping tie up tomato plants and sunflowers! After traveling for so much of his career, Rick has been home since early March and while chomping at the bit, hasn’t gone crazy yet!

So, as always, many thanks to all who continue to stay in touch!

While our COVID world continues to separate us, there have been opportunities for Zoom coffee hours in the morning and happy hours in the evening! May they all continue when we can’t physically be together!

Muffy, Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle and I were so disappointed to have to cancel our planned mini-reunion but have already started talking about rescheduling for some time in the future, while also scheming for our 45th, which is only three years away! Stay tuned! Continue to be well and safe as you navigate this new world of ours. And continue to be in touch with your Class of ’78

and other SBC sisters! Hugs. P.S. ATQ will be having an art show on campus this fall, so if you are on the road and can, call ahead and stop by!

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Anne Garrity Spees 1136 Springvale Road Great Falls VA 22066 nelson.anne@gmail.com Katie Ewald: “My mother class of ’52 has continued to fund the Ewald Scholars Program, which brings renowned scientists and authors to campus for a speakers forum. You may remember in 1979 Jane Goodall spoke about the origin of man being from apes. And Richard Leakie, an anthropologist, spoke about discovering Lucy the oldest skeleton found to prove man did not come from monkeys!

The recent forum was the author of Code Girls, the untold story of the American women who broke the codes during WWII. Please be generous to Sweet Briar, so women can grow and learn like we were able to do! I bought a 1947 Willys Jeepster convertible to carry me through after my second divorce. I lead hikes on the Vermont mountains with social distancing and still live on my horse farm (with no horses though).”

Hannah Craighill Morehead: “So my big news is that Chip and I became grandparents this year! Henry Somervell Pope (Hank) was born in late March, and needless to say, is adorable! Our daughter, Sarah, and her husband, Matt, and our son, Ben, all live here in Baltimore.”

Piper Allen Severns: “I finished the last nine weeks of our academic year last year with online learning for my 18 kindergartners. It was quite the learning curve for me, my students and their parents but we figured it out and got into a routine.

While it wasn’t ideal, we found ways to keep up the academic rigor but also have some fun and do some cooperative learning. Since we live on a large lake, I was able to avoid cabin fever during the stay at home period by taking nice long paddleboard rides with my lab, Reagan, or having a quarantini (or two!) with my husband while cruising on our boat. I am glad to live in the great state of FL which has been opening in a sane,

rational way and is now almost back to normal. Everyone is waiting with bated breath, though, to hear what school will be like in the fall. In the meantime, I have taken advantage of my Second Amendment rights and purchased a handgun. I am having a great time learning how to use it and getting better and better at the gun range. It is a blast!”

Saralee Cowles Boteler: “Finally bought my longtime lease horse last year (16-year old Crabbet Arabian gelding.) We’ve retired from jumpers and have taken up dressage. A serious fall off the horse kept me out of the saddle this spring, but with Louise Mueller Cook’s (79) encouragement, Prince and I are having fun with natural horsemanship. Thank goodness for texting friends and the barn during quarantine! Wishes to you and your family for a safe and healthy summer, fall and beyond!”

Susan Andrews Cruess: “We are bored but doing fine despite the coronavirus situation. We moved last Aug., just four blocks away but into a newer house. Got lots of questions from friends about upsizing, but when everything shut down, we realized it was our best decision in a long time! Lots of room to spread out and a beautiful garden with a view of the Glenmore Reservoir to help our outlook while we were stuck at home. Lots of travel plans have been cancelled or postponed including my nephew’s wedding in Savannah, so we’re looking forward to whenever we can travel again.

We had been in Scottsdale when everything started looking bad, so we headed home early and started our two-week quarantine on arrival. Luckily neither of us were sick and Alberta now has asymptomatic testing available, so we both got tested before we hit the road last week to come to Leigh’s family cottage in eastern Ontario. That 34-hour drive seems to be longer every year! But our dogs were great travelers and we even packed lunch to avoid too many food stops. Leigh’s parents are both 90, so we wanted to be extra careful on the trip! We’re in a separate cottage but have been enjoying lots of food and great wine with his parents. Our oldest son, Jim, and his wife, Kate, live in Toronto (about a six hour drive away), so they already stayed up here for four weeks in June since they were working from home.

They are back in Toronto because the courts are open and Jim had to prosecute some cases, but he has a gap in trials during Aug. so they can isolate for a while before joining us at the cottage for a week. Andrew had been planning to come but decided the flight plus getting through two airports was too risky in case he was exposed and got us sick, so he’s staying in Calgary. We’ll be here for a month before starting the long drive home. We usually come back through the upper peninsula of MI for a change of scenery but the border is still closed, so we’ll stay in Canada for the return trip. Obviously, no big plans ahead but I sure hope we have a warmer fall so we can continue to get together with friends for outdoor cocktails!”

Tricia Paterson Graham: “In January 2020, Duane and I went to Park City, UT, to attend a friend’s wedding. We went horseback riding in the snow and cross-country skiing. A fun trip! In June, my son, Paterson, and his family moved to New Orleans from Charleston. I am so glad that they are two hours away from us instead of 10 hours. It is easier to visit with our grandsons, Henry and Peter. Peter celebrated his first birthday in June. Henry will be three years old in Dec. Paterson relocated to New Orleans to start his threeyear cardiology fellowship at Tulane.

During the pandemic, I have cleaned out rooms and closets. Plus, I have read some good books. Stay safe and healthy!”

Susan Anthony Lineberry: “Neal and I have both retired, and prior to COVID, we traveled to Denver to visit son Mark’s family, to Philadelphia for the Army Navy Game, Los Angeles to see our granddaughter Claire perform on Disney’s Fam Jam and to Florida to see some Major League Baseball spring training games. I guess we got traveling out of our system while we could.

Since then, we have been in fixer-upper mode and are putting our house on the market soon. I have recently been able to catch up with some of my SBC pals through Zoom. It’s been great seeing them and interesting sharing quarantine stories. I pray everyone has survived these trying times.”

Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender: “Our garden has never looked so good with the COVID-19 atten-

tion it received. We’ve managed a few visits with our grandsons which has helped lift our spirits. I have continued to do volunteer work for the Garden Club of Virginia. Most recently, I wrote the exhibition catalog for A Landscape Saved: The Garden Club of Virginia at 100 at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture.”

Karen Jaffa McGoldrick: “Lawrence and I are still adjusting to our life in retirement after selling the farm and moving to a smaller house.

We still live in horse country and I have my one horse Gia who I board nearby. I rely on my rides for both exercise and a social outlet and of course for the mental and physical challenge that comes with the study and practice of dressage. I think of Paul Cronin often, because although I no longer jump, I still love my field riding and every day I finish my ride with a hack, and once a week I do fitness sets on the hill. I still love a gallop and it’s healthy for Gia to stretch out outside the arena and work over the uneven terrain. That is something gained from my time at SBC that has stayed with me. I am coming down the homestretch on writing another novel. After reunion last year Lawrence and I made a pilgrimage to Charlottesville, Monticello, and the location of the Albemarle Barracks, all spots that are important to my story, places that I know and love, and wanted to revisit. The reading that I have done to be able to tell an authentic (I hope) story has been fascinating. Although we are homebound like most of the globe right now, I stay in touch with many of you on Facebook, including my dear friend and SBC roomie, Prudence Saunders Pitcock, whose hubby Wade also has retired. Prue has two mustangs that she adores, so she, too, is still riding. She and Wade have done a lot of hiking and camping, with some glamping, too, and she has shared beautiful photos of mountain scenes and lakes on her Facebook page.”

SallyAnn Sells Bensur: “Greetings from Pittsburgh where we are slowly emerging from COVID yellow status. We were fortunate to weather COVID lockdown in Key Largo and returned to Pittsburgh in May. Our two children work in Washington, DC. Our daughter works for CoStar and is engaged

to be married next spring; we are thrilled to welcome Leo to our family. Our son works on the hill for a congressman from TN and enjoys his bachelor status! Bill and I spend our leisure time traveling, playing golf and fly fishing. I am also proud to serve on the board of The Neighborhood Academy, a grade six-12 independent school for underserved minority students in Pittsburgh.

In these divisive days in the US, the mission and outcomes of The Neighborhood Academy have never been more relevant for our students.

Please drop me a line if your plans ever bring you through Pittsburgh. I would love to catch up with all AIS classmates!”

Becky Trulove Symons: “I hated that I missed reunion at the last minute but was in the throes of planning a wedding for my oldest daughter Sally. I was so happy to attend the wedding of Grier Gardner in Savannah in May. She is the daughter of Bridget Wray Gardner and many SBC alums were there including Bridget’s sisters Lisa and Barbara Burns, Mary Cowell Sharpe, Mary South Gaab and Kathy Pittman Moore. I loved having Bridget, Ashley Wilson Brook, Mary Cowell Sharpe and Sally Colhoun Engram join us in Winston-Salem in Sept. for our wedding. I’m up for a mini reunion!”

E. Conner Kelly: “2019 has been a busy year with son Patrick’s March 17 wedding to his college sweetheart, Katey, my father’s 75th Kentucky Derby and son Teague’s Oberlin College graduation. Patrick is a rocket scientist in LA. And reunion, too! What a blessing. Then I spent four months in NZ teaching dance/ movement therapy at Auckland University. Still live in Guam and scuba dive most weekends plus dive trips to places like Palau, Yap and the Philippines. We are enjoying the Pacific!

And I still practice, supervise and teach dance/movement therapy. In the next few years we will return to NZ.” Mary Gaab: “We are now in West Palm Beach. Loving it! We are also proud grandparents for the first time. Terry and I have been blessed to be able to see Sefa grow day by day. They will soon be moving to Orlando. Very sad for us. But now our guest room is now open for visitors.

Hope all are safe!”

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Lauren McMannis Huyett: Hi there! Yes, what a strange time! In a way it has been good. Three of my kids are now engaged to be married in the next year or so, partly due to travel restrictions and the COVID outbreak. We also now have a second granddaughter, Hannah, who joins big sister Charlotte, 21 months.

They live in Wayland, the next town over from Concord. We have had all of our other four kids living with us for the past few months, either here or at our house on the Cape. Family time has been amazing.”

Deborah Gibbs Parker: “I am still practicing law in Baton Rouge, LA, trying to plan my exit in the near future. My husband, Vance, is still practicing law as well. My daughter, Martha, and her husband, Dan, live in Richmond, VA, and have two children, three and one, and they are a joy to us when we are able to visit.

Our middle child, Parker, married in Jan. 2019, and he and his wife live in New Orleans; our oldest daughter, Elisa, moved back to Baton Rouge in June 2018 after years in Houston and New Orleans, married in Nov. 2019, with baby girl expected Oct. 8, 2020. So, we will have a grandchild in Baton Rouge. Jan. 2020 LSU beat Alabama for the national championship, and I was kind to Carol Williamson, as she has been to me for many years! We have a flurry of texts during the LSU/AL game each year. I had Covid-19 in March, and the rest of 2020 so far seems to be all about the pandemic! I hope all of our classmates are well and that the vaccine comes soon.”

Betsy Byrne Utterback: “Let’s see. I gained weight during quarantine. My eldest, James, his wife and two kids (six and four) fled NYC and lived with us from mid-March-June.

Many Zoom meetings, first grade Zooms filled the days. That was the silver lining. Prior to COVID, we traveled to Argentina and Uruguay, spent Christmas in Carmel with Jim’s sister. We spent New Year’s here in SC with Sally Ann and Bill Bensur. I had a quick visit to Palm Beach and saw Laura Evans in May. I was in LA to visit my daughter and son-in-law a few times and Yardley, PA, to see son Chris and his family (including my two little granddaughters) 2019-2020 before March where I would see Julie Muchmore

Cooney, as well. My design business has been busy now that everyone is stuck at home! Bottom line, we are all healthy, happy, never bored and feel very fortunate that we can still exercise, play golf and tennis down here. Praying that a vaccine is developed soon. Two of our three kids live in big cities (NY and LA) and it is awful to be so on guard and nervous about contracting the virus.”

Amy Smith: “It’s been an interesting year so far. My dad turned 95!

He’s in good health, body and mind.

We adopted a dog and are enjoying having a puppy. I taught myself how to do pour painting and have decorated the walls of our newly renovated bathroom. My dad also just finished a painting. His is Mesa Verde, a place we liked to visit when we lived in CO. I was able to see my best friend and roommate, Beth Bogden Tetrault, for a few minutes a month ago. I was in the Richmond area, and we met in a parking lot and talked for about a half hour, six feet apart.

I really miss hugs! But it was great to see her.”

Mary “Robbie” McBride Bingham: “Not much new here. Will is living in the apartment above me, which is really nice. Samuel just got to Clemson and is starting his PhD. I have not worked since March 13 when PA closed the schools. Have done lots of act 48 classes, reading, and I think between me and the kids, we have every streaming service around. Have been helping a friend redo her really great garden, so that has been my outside adventure.

Hope all is well with you and yours.”

And as for me Anne Garrity Spees: I am weathering quarantine by baking (and eating!) and reading inordinate numbers of books.

Thanks so much for sending in your notes. We got a lot more submissions this time! Hope everyone stays safe and healthy.

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Florence Rowe Barnick Phyllis Watt Jordan Amy Campbell Lamphere Megan Coffield Lyon The pandemic cancelled our 40th reunion, but that didn’t stop the class from getting together on regular Zoom happy hours, socially

distanced lunches and social media.

We’re all hoping to be together on campus next May. These past few months brought sad news for some in our class. Classmate Felecia Bernstein died of cancer last fall. Sandra Rappaccioli Padilla lost husband Max to COVID-19, and Carson Freemon Meinen lost her sister, Kathleen Freemon ’82, to a heart attack in the spring.

Others coped with these extraordinary times in their own way. Florence Rowe Barnick’s pandemic experience was going full mask factory for a few months, interrupted by her youngest son’s no-helmet skateboard accident and his remarkable recovery.

She’s now getting ready for a visit from her daughter’s fiancé!

Jamila Champsi is coordinating the COVID response for her hospital in South San Francisco, where she’s worked since 1996 as an infectious disease doctor. She writes that Sweet Briar gave her a strong background to succeed in medical school at University of Arizona and training at Stanford University hospital (internal medicine residency and Infectious disease fellowship).

True Dow has been staying well and very busy in NH. Her family’s gymnastics school is in its 47th year and was shut up tight for 12 weeks for the first time in all those years.

It has been a singularly challenging experience. No students, no income, all our normal expenses. But they are still running at about 20% capacity.

Her two sons, now 27 and 29 are away from home, William, living on Nantucket and working with a friend who owns a moving company, while the ice rink and his boy’s hockey program is shuttered. Nick is engaged to his Cleveland, OH, sweetheart, still living and working for the Cleveland Airshow, which has canceled its three-day, one-million visitor show, this fall. Lou plays guitar every day, coaching every night. She is still employed by the Abenaqui Golf Club after seven years and play when she can. The family is healthy and happy, parents, Barbara Birt Dow ’51 and dad are still in Vero Beach, FL, and Devon, PA, celebrating their 68th wedding anniversary, and both mark 92 years old this year!

Fran McClung Ferguson’s hair is longer than it has been for the last fifty years. This season of COVID

Jamila Champsi ’80 on the front line of COVID care in San Francisco

has just been lost time. So much on hold. Her daughter, Carol Ferguson ’12, was planning to be married in June. She still has a wonderful fiancé but all the rest of her plans had to be abandoned. Fran and family have got fingers crossed for a date in Sept., with friends and family attending by Zoom. Hard to complain—everyone is still alive.

Phyllis Watt Jordan moved her office to her home during the pandemic and enjoyed life with husband Brian and their two 20-something kids. Her work—in education and health policy at Georgetown University—kept her busy during the pandemic. Brian was able to keep doing his maritime security work, mostly at home. And they managed to get a lot of home improvement projects done. They added a little library for exchanging books in the front yard and a hammock in the backyard. She taught her son to cook before his return to the University of Vermont, where he’s living in his first apartment. And she helped her daughter figure out grad school options.

Phyllis got a chance to see Lisa Ward Connors for a socially distanced lunch on the Eastern Shore in July. Lisa and Kevin recently moved from Bronxville to their home near Oxford, MD. Lisa isn’t the only classmate with a new address. Becky Garrett Jamison has moved back to Roanoke, VA, where she is enjoying nearby hiking opportunities; Pam Willett Hauck and husband left Stafford County for Chesterfield, VA, this year. Megan Coffield Lyon and Frank are spending time in Santa Fe, enjoying the cool mountain air.

Amy Campbell Lamphere was so let down that we couldn’t be together in person for our 40th Reunion, but so grateful for the class’s regular Zoom calls! They truly have energized the otherwise exhaustingly sameness of our quarantine! At home, she and Jim have loved having both children (and their dogs) here in Minneapolis, an experience only heightened by the Memorial Day uprising around George Floyd’s murder—a mile from her house.

Fascinating learning around that, and the curfews and protests that ensued. “We are all moving forward better, wiser, open to learn, more aware—another point of surprising gratitude,” she says. What else has she learned during COVID? How to make Atlantic Beach pie (thanks to Ashley Wilson Brook ’79 for posting the recipe on Facebook), how to float in a glammed-up inner tube down the creek by her home, and how to monitor darling 92-year old parents now 500 miles away in Nebraska. “Praying that a vaccine lands in our lives before ski season ends this winter and that we will all be present for the Reral reunion in May 2021. Stay safe, y’all. And tune in to Zoom with us—it’s Fun!” Carson Freemon Meinen reports that she has continued to work every day despite the pandemic. She took a trip to the TX coast with the family in early June and enjoyed sitting on the porch and relaxing for the week. She is looking forward to another family trip to CO to visit our daughter in Sept. She has read more books these last few months than she has in the last few years and watched more Netflix, Amazon and Hulu than ever before.

Betsy Thomas Rook had her younger son home for four months when his school closed temporarily.

She took him on a trip to the Grand Canyon and Sedona and made a fun trip out of it. That was combined with a trip to OK to take care of the estate of her mother, who passed away last Nov. Her older son moved back to CA from VT in January and is currently in San Luis Obispo studying accounting and working as an auditor for different stores such as Best Buy and Home Depot. As for Betsy, it seems like most things were put on hold this year, but she is slowly trying to get back into her acting

and researching a new book. She did a music video called Social Distance in May and has had some taped auditions. She was supposed to have gone to Tahiti in March when all this happened, and hopes to still go someday. She and her husband had a big celebration planned for their 30th anniversary in May, but had to cancel. She’s hoping they can still do it, maybe next year: 31 in 21.

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M. Claire McDonnell Purnell cpgd@verizon.net Hello, 1981 classmates! Allison Roberts Greene and Carson are visiting IL for the summer after having enjoyed the sun and view in FL this winter especially during the pandemic. They had to cancel travel plans for 2020 but hope to have a few trips next year. She writes “Like most, we have watched too much TV the last few months. We have had our youngest daughter home from college since March. It has been special to spend some extra time with her between her studies. We enjoyed celebrating her 21st birthday pandemic style. It will definitely be a time to remember. I hope all our classmates are safe. I look forward to seeing everyone at our 40th reunion!”

Erin Lynch sent the sad news that our classmate, Kathleen Freemon, passed away on July 6.

Kathleen was living in New Bern, NC, and is survived by two sons, her father, brothers and sisters. Erin and Kathleen met as freshman year roommates and remained good friends ever since.

Eva Devine had a wonderful surprise 60th birthday and both Tania Voss Ryan and Brendy Reiter Hantzes attended. Eva says “It was great. And, a true surprise. Attended a lovey, lovely wedding for Brendy’s son Will in Dec. ’19 and am helping Tania plan a wedding for her daughter Meredith amidst COVID. Headed down to SBC for my sixth year at Sweet Work Weeks. I look forward to it and am so glad it is taking place this year. My best to everyone. Stay safe.”

Sophia Crysler Hart and Rick are still enjoying living in Williamsburg and working for Colonial Williamsburg. She writes “Like every-

where else, we are closed to the public for the duration of the COVID shutdowns, but it has been a beautiful spring, and we have an adorable flock of baby Leicester Longwool lambs scattered around the historic area. W&M went digital for the spring semester, and I had to learn all the various technologies to move my government course online. I am amazed that most of it worked. One of my classes did get Zoom bombed, however, so I also have learned how to lock my sessions!”

Ginia Zenke’s writes “Our dear and talented mother passed away last year in Feb. We cared for her for seven years at home. We are grateful to the friends and clients that have stuck with us, through moving the house and her years of slow decline.” Their family owned upholstery and draperies business has been very busy during COVID. She writes that “It snapped us out of our mourning malaise and it gives us hope that the days of pretty fabrics are coming back and that perhaps the era of 50 shades of grey decorating has had its day. The virus hasn’t affected how we work since we work with clients and suppliers on a limited contact basis anyway.” She is working on a book on the family design business and has outlines on perhaps some smaller books in the works. Ginia continues “Seven years ago, a friend mentioned he was about to plant some pine trees on his farm, and I suggested he contact a professor I had read about who was inoculating pine trees with truffle spores.

This friend is now commercially producing the Bianchetta truffle, planting more acreage, and I get a small royalty every winter!”

Kearsley Rand writes “After a very long project and cooking-filled quarantine, I am back in the office part time. My youngest son just left after a great eight-day visit. I have really missed my kids but forgot how messy they are!”

Margaret Robinson Talmadge, and husband, Dan “have been relatively quiet the last six months, who hasn’t been? We (along with son Douglas) managed to take a family vacation to visit my youngest sister and her family in South Korea the second week of Feb. at the very beginning of pandemic. We had a fabulous trip! All the sites were open but

empty.” Margaret continues to teach chemistry at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College part-time.

Her course for the fall term will be entirely online which “will be an adventure.” Dan mostly works from a home office now, and she enjoys having him home for lunch. Her son, Douglas, lives in Seattle and works for SpaceX. She writes “I also am grateful for wonderful ways to stay connected with family and friends.

Remember the expensive long-distance bills of our SBC days?”

Quinne Fokes “has been on a work contract as a user researcher through a temp company and doing work for Google. It is fascinating and, as a newbie, a huge learning curve. I look forward to being on less of a curve so as to dedicate more time to painting.” Quinne lives in San Anselmo, CA, with a housemate and finds it nice to have company, especially now when her team is working from home. She writes “My kitty is thrilled to have me around; she is feral but loves to cuddle with me— my muse and shadow. I’m not seeing anyone at present—it was tough to juggle that and grad school and work and…oh, well, I look forward to meeting a super guy in due time.”

Quinne has a plot in the community garden and finds that is such a blessing. She grows food and flowers.

DJ Stanhope spent three years with the USO in the Inland Empire of southern CA and is now heading north to take the helm of the USO NV as executive director. She writes “I’ll be living in the greater Las Vegas area and look forward to connecting with any alums in that area. Once travel bans are lifted, I hope to get plenty of visitors to fill up my guest room. With our 40th reunion next year, I’m looking forward to working to help the class of ’81 crush our previous annual giving record!”

K. Ellen Hagan went on a great trip to Big Sky, MT, in March to visit family. She “returned just before everything shut down. Have used this time to catch up with friends and projects with friends. Thankful for Zoom! Have been in contact with Sandra Turturro, Barbara Burns Heath and Jane Ward Moore.

Take care of yourselves dear friends!

Here’s to reunion 2021!”

Sharon Resener Miller is living in New Smyrna Beach, FL, with her

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husband Toby and two Jack Russell terriers. She is “working for myself as a CPA and taking advantage of beach life.”

Hillary Lewis Bennett retired from 25 years of teaching and is “spending the summer enjoying river kayaking, swimming, cycling and reading. Loving living in western PA during my summers. Look me up in Old Town Alexandria. See Beth Newberry Phillip’s ’80.

Sandra Meads Turturro and Michael have had a great year, despite the challenges of COVID. They love being grandparents to Annabelle (two) and are excited to welcome a second grandchild (a boy!) in Nov. Sandra writes “We still live in Roswell, GA. I’m in my 39th year of teaching (currently first grade) and still love it! Michael loves his work as senior lead projects with Chik-fil-A. 2021 looks like it will be a great year as well as it seems we will be planning our youngest daughter’s wedding!”

Sarah Huie Coleman: Joe and I built a house two years ago in Madison, GA. A couple of barn swallows built their nest on top of a window frame. They moved in before we did! They return every year to have their babies. Due to Covid-19 I’ve been working from home, so this is the first year I’ve gotten to watch the fledglings learn to fly. It’s awe inspiring to watch. Joe and I are very happy living in the country. We have three horses and three dogs. I keep in touch with Wendi Wood McAfee and Bobin Bryant Williams and hope to see them both soon!

Stephanie Snead writes “I’m a happy grandmother to a beautiful one-year old named Mia! I planned to hike Mt. Kilimanjaro in July, but that was postponed due to the pandemic. I was doing it for the adventure but also to raise money for a good cause: Missions of Hope International in Kenya that provides basic needs to people living in the slums of Nairobi. I will have 40 years as a civilian for the Dept. of the Army in Oct. of 2021 and I’m setting my sights on retirement. Hope to climb many mountains and hike many trails! Always looking for hiking buddies!”

As for me, Claire, I am still a graphic designer in Annapolis, MD. My other news is that I have co-writ-

ten and illustrated a children’s book.

Circa 1950, my mother wrote a sweet poem for a college creative writing class. Mom forgot about the poem until she had grandchildren.

She rewrote it for the girls and we all loved it. Mom asked if we could work together to expand the poem into a book and if I would do the illustrations. Sadly, mom died in 2000, and we did not finish the book. In late 2019, I began working on the book again, and it is now finished.

My goal was to complete the book, that was 70 years in the making, for my daughters. Now, I am dipping my toe into the world of publishing children’s books. Wish me luck ladies.

Thanks to all the classmates who sent in their news. Take care everyone and keep wearing your masks.

See you at our 40th reunion.

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Patti Snodgrass Borda Mullins 15 10th Avenue Brunswick, Md. 21716 pattibmullins@gmail.com Ethel Burwell Dowling and husband Ben continue to live in Lexington, VA. Two yellow Labradors have filled the gap left by their two grown children. Ethel enjoys running into freshman Reid Hall friends Francie Mantho Belliveau and Anne Edmunds Hansen.

Ann Goebel Bain was glad we were able to make the class fundraising goals! “I’m so proud of the school and the alumnae and delighted to see SBC in the news.” She expected to be headed back into severe lockdown, as “our COVID ‘CA Miracle’ is being reversed by those that won’t be civic-minded.” She is learning Italian; just finished Italian one and will continue to fluency via online classes at the local community college and Stanford’s continuing education program. She will be ready to see Italy in person when the EU allows Americans back into Europe. She has converted the living room into a home gym, tomatoes are starting to ripen, “and I’m making loaves of sourdough bread (300 pounds of flour in my garage storage area).”

Anne Powers Woodward is living in the Richmond, VA, area and is very sad about turmoil there: “Seeing

Leigh Leibel ’82 was named a TEDMED 2020 scholar, recognized for her work in the field of integrative oncology and supportive cancer care

what’s transpired up close and personal on historic Monument Avenue has left me speechless. Pre-COVID I was teaching English in a middle school. Being speechless has given me an opportunity to re-evaluate what my priorities are.” She decided to go back to work in a pharmaceutical/lab setting. She lives with two rescue dogs—Bentley a Weimaraner, and Bingo, a Blue Tick Hound. She spends a lot of time with her sons and hoping for grandkids so I can teach them all the tricks their fathers pulled on me over the years. Would love to find Virginia Carabelli!”

Liz Hoskinson: “COVID seems to be the daily shadow we have to contend with. I hope that classmates have been able to weather this time with as little turmoil as possible. I am furloughed, but my days strangely are now fuller than ever. (And turning off the news, I’ve found, is the most reliable way to stay even-keeled during this).” She fills time gardening, getting to the barn, art classes, donating to food banks, arranging Zooms and putting together 6-foot small gatherings to help friends feel normal.

Leslie Hertz Firestone moved to Lynchburg in the Boonsboro area at the beginning of March from Las Vegas. She returned “home just in time for the coronavirus lockdown!”

Her cousin moved at the same time, and they live together. “I had to totally remodel the house I bought just to make it livable,” and she looks forward to finishing that project. She had planned to work a few more years as a teacher of students with special needs, “but COVID had other plans! I have plenty to keep me busy right now, so maybe I’ll return to teaching next year.”

Lucile Flournoy is “just trying to keep our heads above the COVID virus like everyone else. At least we

live on a farm and have some seclusion.” She ventures out to the grocery store and to take care of her 97-yearold father, who still lives on his own.

Lucile’s daughter, Lucy, lives in Germany, and was visiting Lucile at the time she wrote. Younger daughter, Betsy, is a computer engineer who lives in Boulder, CO, and can work remotely. Lucy is in the performing arts so life has been turned upside down for her. Her sister Frances Malone ’75 lives close by, and in Columbus, GA, they have the Two Sisters Gallery frame shop/art gallery that they are trying to keep going.

“Knock on wood...business has been good lately for some reason. Hope it continues. Hope all are staying safe from the virus out in the world.”

Deborah Price Bowman’s son Kessler graduated from Oliverian School in June and is planning to attend St. John’s College in Santa Fe in the fall, which “like SBC, is small and remote and plans to hold in-person instruction.” Daughter Kate is 24 and living in NYC. She is modeling (once the industry resumes), working in retail, and co-owns a clothing resale site katepaulena.com. Deborah plans to sell her home in spring 2021 and buy a condo “somewhere in a new and exciting locale.”

Martha Tisdale Cordell: “We are riding out the COVID storm at our home on the Gulf Coast.” She has retired from the university “so the virus has not really impacted me except that our trip to the Amalfi Coast in May to celebrate the big 60 was canceled.” She spends time needlepointing, reading, sailing with husband David and fishing with the family. “I almost feel guilty saying that I am very happy and healthy. I know many have suffered. Hopefully we will all get on the other side of this soon. Great news about SBC! There are many challenging times

Pre-pandemic: Anne Goebel Bain ’82 enjoyed a night out for music in downtown Los Angeles

ahead for colleges and small private universities. So proud that we are holding our own.”

Catherine Miller: “My family is doing well during the crazy times.”

Oldest child Madeline and her husband bought a house. Ali completed a master’s degree as a licensed clinical therapist. Catherine and husband David have spent all of their free time painting. “We painted his mom’s house (she died last year) and sold it. My mom moved to a lovely retirement community, so we are painting and prepping her house for sale.” They helped Madeline and Larry with their new home. “We have been blessed with our jobs and good health. Wishing the best for the SBC community.”

Leigh Leibel was named a TEDMED 2020 scholar, recognized for her work in the field of integrative oncology and supportive cancer care.

She practices at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in NYC and serves on the board of trustees of the Society for Integrative Oncology, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance evidence-based, comprehensive, integrative cancer care to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. She is the editor of the forthcoming textbook, Clinical Application of Yoga Therapy Across the Cancer Care Continuum, to be released 2021 by Handspring Publishing, UK. Monika Kaiser: “All is well. My family and I are still in quarantine, though I walk the dog every morning for an hour through the deserted neighborhood.” Her trips to Europe to see her mother first were postponed and eventually canceled. Her daughter and her fiancé are currently debating whether to postpone their Dec. wedding. Monika has devel-

oped some new hobbies: “Though I do not drink alcohol, I have used my quarantine time to concoct a number of cordials/liqueur, which have earned my husband’s and son’s approval. I discovered the pool in our yard and started swimming approximately three-quarter mile in laps every day, weather permitting.”

Mary Ames Booker began telecommuting from the Battleship North Carolina on Monday, March 16. Two days later the ship closed to the public, and only mandatory staff were allowed onboard. She brought home boxes of archival materials and a scanner. She had plenty of work, a dog and cat for company, a nice garden view out a real window, and a kitchen and bathroom nearby (a luxury). When the ship partially reopened to the public at the end of May, some staff continued telecommuting interspersed with days onboard in their offices. “It has been pleasant and productive. The battleship has kept the staff fully employed and all are very grateful.”

Gracie Tredwell Schild’s bookkeeping business is booming. “I’m actually working harder than I intended, but it has allowed me to take on the training of a friend as a subcontractor—good for me to have a backup and good for her to move into a field where there’s always demand.” Her mother is not doing well, and Grace spends about a third of her time on duty at her house. “But on the bright side, my amazing son, Christoph, has just started his new job at State Farm in software development, and though it’s in Tempe, AZ (hot and hot spot), he’s already making substantive contributions and enjoying his work.” Christoph is scheduled to graduate from college in Dec. “Santa Fe is wonderful, and Christoph’s former room is now a real guest room, so as soon as we can all move around again, I hope to see some of you!”

Jane Dure: “I’ve been obeying COVID orders. Trying to keep my mom safe. Weirdly, I have had a lot of work as an oil and gas title examiner during a time when few people are driving. I had planned to clean my house, top to bottom, during the initial part of the shutdown part of the pandemic, which would have pleased Jean von Schrader Bryan, but I have been working from home, making only sporadic visits to the of-

fice. My home office is pretty much trashed right now.” She enjoyed our fundraising sprint to the finish this year at the end of Sweet Briar’s fiscal year. “I heard from classmates, Jean reported to about her calls with some of you (good job, fund agent!), filling me in about what you are up to, and I saw a lot of conversations on our class Facebook page.” She hopes we can continue those conversations in the year before us, when we are not under the gun raising money for the annual fund. “We have a big reunion to plan for in 2022!”

Alice Dixon continues to live in Richmond and keeps busy with projects, including many related to Sweet Briar. She has participated in Sweet Work Weeks since the very first one to prepare Sweet Briar House for Phil Stone’s arrival; she is an admissions ambassador. “I recently stepped back from serving as a member of the College board of directors––a fascinating and rewarding experience, and I can happily report to you that the College is in amazing, dedicated and visionary hands!”

She roundly applauds Claire Dennison Griffith ’80, and Mary Pope Hutson ’83: “I want to shout from the top of the Bell Tower so that all of you may hear, that they, in their current roles of senior director of alumnae relations and vice president for alumnae relations and development, respectively, are indispensable players in positioning our beloved College for a thriving future. They are true forces of nature.” She also recognizes Lea Sparks Bennett and Lee Anne MacKenzie Chaskes, both members of the Class of ’83, “who are also working for the College in the alumnae Office, each doing wondrous things! I hope that we may all meet again in 2022 for our 40th.”

Rosemary Hardy: “Nothing really newsworthy to share. Continuing to enjoy retirement––has been five years and must say the best part is being able to create and follow my own daily schedule––still not enough hours in each day, however.

I hope everyone has been able to stay healthy and upbeat due to the coronavirus.”

Jean von Schrader Bryan’s news revolved around the 30% class participation in annual giving she worked so hard to inspire: “I’m so thankful for our classmates that answered my calls to donate! So thrilled! All

is well in Amherst and I am keeping out of trouble. Love to all!”

Priscilla Ream McPheeters and her family are “doing their best to stay safe during this crazy time” in Columbia, SC. “I am keeping my bubble small and wearing my mask!”

Her two children and their families live near. “Spending lots of time outside at the barn with the grands.” She has four years of teaching left before retirement “but, I do not know what this fall at school will be like. It’s uncharted territory for everyone! Stay safe, friends.”

Jennifer Rae: “My best, warmest wishes to the Class of 1982. Love you all! Back home in NY.” Libby Lee Gantt Castles: A mistake by your class secretary caused Libby Lee’s last update to be omitted, but here is what she reported a year ago: “Guy and I celebrated the graduation of our triplets from college in May of 2019. The boys graduated from Clemson, and our daughter from the University of South Carolina. We are proud to now have six college graduates, two of whom have their master’s degrees!

Our oldest daughter is working as a physician assistant in Birmingham, AL, while her husband is training to be an endodontist. Our oldest son is engaged and has a landscaping business in Charleston, SC. Third child is a special education teacher and behavior analyst living with us right now. One of the triplets is a horticulturist working in landscaping, one is in WY working on a ranch, and one is getting her master’s in sports management. We have no grandchildren yet but love our granddogs, enjoy cooking for crowds of young people and play a lot of golf.”

Patti Snodgrass Mullins: As press secretary and policy research specialist for the Maryland State Education Association since Jan., I help advocate for teachers and students. At this time, I can’t imagine doing more important work. Exactly two months after I started everyone was transferred to home offices.

Husband Earl, interim rector at St. James, Leesburg, daughter Virginia, a University of Maryland freshman, and I hunkered down congenially, working and studying from home.

Time has allowed experimenting with new recipes. We share gratitude for time together and health.

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Wylie Jameson Small and Stuart sold their Hilton Head home and bought a new house on Kiawah Island. They hope to spend most of the fall and winter there, remaining in Rochester for the spring and summer. The move was a little bittersweet for Wylie as she has been going to Hilton Head since the late 60s, but she is excited for a new adventure. Their son Rudy will graduate in Dec. with a corporate finance degree.

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Wylie and Stuart hope to get to England for several weeks in the spring of 2021. They continue to run, cycle and golf, and their Jack Russells Peyton (13) and Cleo (seven) keep them on their toes.

Alice Cutting Laimbeer and Rick have been traveling to Kenya for almost 20 years, helping with a school system in the Chyulu Hills.

Every other year they take a group to visit the school and travel on safari. They continue to raise money for conservation and locally Kenyan communities hit hard by COVID. Alice and Rick live on their farm in Castleton, VA, surrounded by horses, chickens, dogs and donkeys. Alice works for Highland School in Warrenton teaching art and running the Kenya Sister School Program.

Bobbie Serrano Black and her husband Paul welcomed their first grandchild, Daisy Elizabeth Pogue, in April. Her proud parents, their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Franklin, live in Nashville, TN. Sarah Sutton settled permanently in Tacoma, WA. She bought a house and is turning it into the tiniest of homesteads—distraction from, and defense against, COVID. Both sons are also in Tacoma. Her work on climate change has continued, as has her writing. Sarah’s next book is on the arts and humanities— and their museums—in addressing climate change and encouraging cli-

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mate action. Sarah said she is following Sarah Babcock’s Facebook page on animal management and veggies and hopes to join Amy Boyce Osaki on a hike soon!

Alicia Nygaard Formagus and Nace enjoyed the arrival of their third grandchild, James William.

She is fortunate to have three generations living within two miles of one another in Dallas. Alicia has begun writing poetry again, hoping to self-publish, and reads at her parents’ assisted living complex as soon as it opens back up!

Tracy Gatewood has stayed connected with many classmates on Facebook and loves seeing everyone’s children, homes, husbands and travel adventures. Over the past year or two, Tracy has visited Alicia Nygaard Formagus in Dallas (hope to see Ann Goldmann Uloth on my next visit), hosted Sandy Ahern Cimons at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC, and also spent time with Katie Grosvenor Hutcheson. Tracy lives in her hometown of Tuscaloosa, where she is a commercial real estate broker, working mostly as a tenant and buyer rep.

She is active in several prayer groups, praying for our nation, her city and state, and of course those affected by the pandemic.

Leslie Malone Berger’s daughter, Emilie, graduated from Virginia Tech in May and is now gainfully employed with Clorox. While not

the celebration they had been looking forward to, it was wonderful in its own way. Now that Leslie and Kevin are empty nesters, they got the crazy idea to get a puppy, Nickel, a blue heeler/lab mix. Leslie has attended plenty of Zoom and WebEx meetings trying to figure out how to provide speech therapy services to her students and work with her graduate students at Radford.

Sarah Babcock is in Richmond, VA, working for the Richmond SPCA as their chief of education and Training. COVID put a serious damper on dog training classes, so she has been working from home on back burner projects for the last few months. Hoping to start classes again soon with new social distancing protocols and masks for all.

Sarah had a serious fire at her old farmhouse, so the year ahead will include architects and contractors (thankful you were safe Sarah). She is spending her non-work hours surrounded by dogs, ponies, horses and one clever parrot—all doing as well as possible during this crazy moment in time!

Wendy Chapin Albert was extremely lucky to have been on a Regent Caribbean cruise in Jan. and then went skiing in Solitude, UT, in early Feb. Both very special and memorable trips! Wendy and Tolly have been home since then, adapting, grumbling, gardening and counting their blessings. Tolly is a

Bobbie Serrano Black’s ’83 granddaughter Daisy Elizabeth Pogue

Nina Pastuhov ’83 celebrates her Feb. 2020 birthday with a rare snow storm in Austin, TX

Virginia Claus Buyck ’83 and Mary Pope Hutson ’83

financial advisor at Chapin Davis where he has been for 32 years. One of their daughters was furloughed and is home, and their older daughter moved to Tallahassee and started a job as a historic preservationist for the state of FL. Their dishwasher has been running constantly, the house is messy, and the dog loves everyone home! Sadly, during all of this uncertainty, Wendy’s mother passed away

on May 22. She was a very important part of Wendy’s life, and I know our class shares love and condolences. Wendy has been in touch with Meg Price Bruno and Blair Redd Schmieg.

Mason Bennett Rummel and Rick are grandparents to Ellie, who was born in NYC just before the pandemic shut everything down.

They got to meet her when she was three weeks old but have only been able to FaceTime during daily calls since then. She is 5-½ months now and pure joy. Rick has pivoted like many and is now working with companies involved with testing. Mason’s foundation is focused now on providing emergency relief for non-profits serving those suffering most from the devastating economic impacts of COVID. Wonderful to hear from Nina Pastuhov. She has operated her own business, NP Financial, since 1999, providing life, health, Medicare and retirement plans to her clients. She works all the time, but wishes she could get back into riding and horses. She has lived in central TX since 2011 (via FL for 23 years). She is divorced, was planning on looking for Mr. Right after her annual snow ski trip, but then along came COVID. No worries, she has two loving female cats who adore her.

Kim Howell Franklin rejoined the Arlington County Treasurer’s Office in Oct. after being laid off and is happy to be back walking to work, being done at 5 p.m. and not having to take her computer with her everywhere she goes, including on vacation! “I consider this my pre-retirement gig. Husband John just returned from a cross-country drive to Pasadena, CA, moving our daughter out to attend medical school at the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine. Isabelle is one of 48 students in their inaugural class and she is excited for the adventure. Hope everyone and their extended families are safe and healthy!”

Amy Boyce Osaki is fine in OR, hiking and backpacking frequently.

She very much looks forward to a future time when international travel is again possible.

Ann Sterling Hart lives in FL running dressage horse shows and riding as well. Her oldest daughter, Stephanie, married in Nov. 2019

and moved to Seattle, WA, with her rocket engineer husband. Stephanie works remotely for her father’s business. Fortunately, they live across from all the mayhem. Ann’s youngest daughter, Ali, was supposed to get married in April 2020, but COVID interrupted. Ali and her fiancé live in Shreveport, LA, where her fiancé is finishing his last year of dental surgery rotations, and Ali is a biology professor at a local college. Ann had lunch recently with Elena Quevedo (her SBC roommate), whom she had not seen in years. She said it was like no time had passed, but boy, did they have experiences to share! Ann is happy Sweet Briar continues as a healthy college of education—she has many fond memories.

I hope everyone is well and successfully navigating these crazy times. Had a fun golf/hiking trip last weekend in Linville, NC, with a group including Mary Pope Hutson. Hope to see other SBC classmates soon—missing seeing friends in person! Take care everyone!

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Louise Jones Geddes 2590 Woodward Way NW Atlanta, GA 30305 LJGeddes5@gmail.com Well, here we are over halfway through the most surreal year I’ve ever experienced. The spring 2020 notes were submitted in late Jan., and believe it or not, not a single mention of coronavirus was made! Incredible.

So, these new notes go with my most sincere hopes and prayers for all of you out there, whether or not we’ve communicated recently or not, that all of you, and your families, are well and safe and are surviving and hopefully even thriving during this crazy year!

Elizabeth Hicks Bahramizadeh submitted a late entry to the spring notes, which is added here. She and her husband had a very interesting 2019. Elizabeth was a guest on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert (he attended Hampden-Sydney!), airing about nine minutes which was great fun. She and her husband travelled to Iran where they stayed with family for five weeks and visited several cities including staying at the family villa on the Caspian Sea. Recently, in

researching her DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) roots, she discovered familial ties directly to Sweet Briar: Indiana Fletcher is her third cousin four times removed on her paternal grandfather’s side. Surprise!

Ann Cabot Alleva Taylor writes that this year has been a doozy.

Home school, working from home and maintaining a household is driving her insane. On the happier side of life, the beach is just around the corner and she and her family can be outside in wonderful weather. Charlotte finished her first year at St. Timothy’s School making IEA nationals and academic honors, Cabot graduated from high-school and is headed to Randolph College in Lynchburg, and last but not least is Caroline, who is starting 10th grade.

Needless to say, Ann and husband, Carter, are hopeful the new normal includes school in the classroom setting!

Coronavirus hasn’t stopped Leslie Caroline Kirkby from working with her purebred Spanish Arabian stallion therapy horse, Marka de Zaon EMH. Her beautiful Anglo Arabian mare has a new saddle, her very first western saddle. She will be trail riding into the new year.

All is well for Liz Sprague Brandt in Kansas City. The year started off with a bang: her only child, Betsy, got engaged to a wonderful man from St. Louis, and the KC Chiefs won the Super Bowl! In May, to the delight of her proud parents, Betsy graduated from Harvard Business School, and has started her own company by the name of Forest Park Capital, based out of St. Louis.

Liz is having a blast planning a June 12, 2021, wedding, which will take place in Kansas City.

Virginia Lynch Kiseljack continues working as a senior business development officer for PNC Bank in Atlanta. She is busier than ever despite the pandemic and working 100% from home these days. She and Charles downsized at the end of 2018 when their younger child left for college, and now they, along with two dogs and two cats, are crammed into a 1,675 square foot 1950s vintage bungalow near the Marietta Square, in Marietta, GA. Virginia’s daughter, Katie (22), graduated from college during the pandemic

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this spring and quickly enrolled in graduate school to pursue a master’s in MIS through an online program, so the house just got more crowded!

Her son, Chase (20), is a rising junior at Georgia College & State University. The family had fun trips in the last couple of years to Costa Rica and Iceland, but COVID spoiled their planned graduation trip to Ireland and Portugal in May. They hope to reschedule that one soon though!

Ginger Reynolds Davis stayed home during the first few months of COVID until the first weekend in June when she and Lynn went to see Debbie Jones. They then spent the entire month of July in Key West, and were very glad to get away for a while. Ginger is going to be a grandmama in Sept. as her son Carter and his wife are having a little girl! Congrats, Ginger!

Caroline Reece Aquino is still living in The Plains, VA, and she is very glad to ride out the pandemic there in the country with the horses.

She recently downsized to running a small fox hunting barn for health reasons; her husband is still plugging along at Salamander; and her son has one more semester at VCU. She says he’s loving Richmond, and she and her husband love having him close. It was the best of a bad situation to have him quarantine at home for a few months.

Debbie Jones is grateful to be healthy and safe, and thankful that her family and friends are too.

Debbie is still working in mortgage finance, and although she loved having no business travel for three-plus months and working from home, she missed working with her team and the energy that face-to-face interaction brings. She has enjoyed fixing up the farm, riding her horses more often, and getting to know her neighbors a little better. The cats and horses are confused but loving the attention! Ginger Reynolds Davis and Lynn Jordan visited recently, and as usual, they had a great laugh together. Square One Vodka is expanding with mixers and ready-to-drink, so loyal supporters, stay tuned on that front, focusing on expanding retail and online as states and businesses open back up. Thanks for supporting small, women owned businesses!

The pandemic hit Square One hard with the restaurant/bar scene, but Debbie is hopeful that the retail pivot will succeed this year. Debbie has found her day job in mortgage banking more rewarding than ever, as this year’s circumstances have deepened her focus in supporting first-time and minority homeownership. Recognizing that we can only do things within our own sphere of influence, she still hopes to make a small difference in supporting underserved communities in financing, and she is grateful that her SBC education helped shape her into being more capable of recognizing challenges and contributing to change.

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ic Michelle Scherrer Klimt had to twice cancel a trip to France but hopes to reschedule for next year.

She celebrated four years of retirement in Aug. and finds it hard to believe how quickly time flies. She is still enjoying playing tennis and volunteering at Gabriel House of Care, a non-profit hospitality house for cancer and transplant patients located on the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacksonville.

Ann Evans recently moved to Waterbury, CT, to a home with her two cats and two chihuahuas. She is the human resources manager for Right at Home of Greater Fairfield County. Her son Connor, who lives in upstate NY, is her pride and joy.

Both of Helen Pruitt Butler’s kids are engaged! Her son’s wedding is on Halloween in Georgetown County with a big blue moon to spotlight the backdrop with grand old live oaks draped in Spanish moss and the historic flooded rice fields.

Her daughter’s wedding will be next June 5 in Charleston. Helen says it has been nice working on the wedding plans even during COVID. Helen enjoyed having Kathleen “KP” Papadimitriou and Camille Mitchell Wingate over for dinner in the summer, and she looks forward to seeing more classmates who come to Charleston to visit.

Tracy Glaves Spalding finished teaching the spring semester for the natural foods chef program that she runs in mid-summer. After tak-

ing over two months off––due to COVID––the classes were restarted in May and successfully finished the semester in mid-July with no one getting sick! The program will not run this fall (who knows what will happen with this virus), but Tracy is busy designing a new teaching kitchen in a new space that is scheduled to be done before the Jan. 2021 start date for the spring semester.

She is loving designing the kitchen although it makes her want a new kitchen in her own house!

Maria Ferran continues living in Charlotte and running her executive search practice. She had the joy of seeing pictures of SBC classmate Gibson Murphy’s ’86 first grandchild, a beautiful little girl named Cedar, who is adorable! Maria’s own daughter, Sarah, is a travel nurse and serving on the front lines in greater Boston as a critical care ICU nurse in the COVID unit, and at the time of writing she was doing fine, staying healthy and taking flying lessons on her days off. Maria’s dear mother, age 92, suffered a broken hip recently but has weathered that storm like a trooper and is now well on her way to recovery and is herself again.

“Looking forward to more peaceful days where we can all travel and enjoy each other in person and celebrate life’s special moments together and sending wishes for God’s blessings to all of you and your families!

Stay well and keep the faith!”

All is well in beautiful, idyllic

Drew Reichard, son of Lisa Burwell Reichard ’84, and his wife, Katie, with Lisa’s mom, Ethel Ogden Burwell ’58, holding twins Elliott (left) and Beckett (right)

Keswick for Beth Richmond Hyder. She loved seeing everyone at the end of May last year at reunion.

After 25 years as director of catering at Glenmore Country Club in Keswick, Beth started working as director of sales at the Hillsdale Conference Center in Charlottesville. She is loving the change and especially loving working remotely during these past few months. She sees Shelley Jobe Milan and Leanne Webber Kreis, both SBC ’85, a couple of times a year, and she enjoyed reconnecting with Beth Slayman Nubbe while her son was at UVA. Not much travel lately but she does get to her cottage in Irvington several weekends a month. She sends wishes for everyone’s safety and health.

Liz Rodgers Boyd has been quarantined in MN with absolutely nothing new at home. Tommy graduated in May with a master’s in education with a strength and conditioning focus. He just received a job offer from NASCAR in Charlotte.

Liz did not see that coming but since a lot of college sports are being canceled, she is happy to be a NASCAR mom and thinks it might just beat being a hockey mom...maybe! Louie returned from deployment in Japan and will soon head off to San Diego for training. At least the two of them are having some excitement!

Lisa Burwell Reichard is selling her house in MD and moving outside the Nashville area––preferably south of Nashville in the Spring Hill, TN, area––to be closer to her

children and her brother, though when she sent her news, she was still looking for a house and a job, so we hope she is more settled now. Her eldest, Drew, and his wife, Katie, had fraternal twin boys in Nov.: Beckett and Elliott, 7 lbs. 13 oz. and 8 lbs. 1 oz. at birth!

Suzanne Stovall Clarke moved from Arlington, VA, to Tampa, FL, last summer when husband Rich was promoted and took command of USSOCOM (US Special Operations Command). Daughter Madeleine graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University in May. She is currently working for Boston Area Gleaners and hopes to join AmeriCorps in a safer 2021. Son Will completed freshman year online at the dining room table due to Covid-19 and hopes to return to Northeastern in the fall. Suzanne spent the summer in western NC planning renovations to her home on Lake Toxaway. She was hoping to spend time on campus during Sweet Work Weeks this year, and is excited that the daughter of a good friend is visiting campus soon and plans to apply next year! She hopes everyone stays safe and healthy during these unprecedented times.

Betsy Becton Hannah started off 2020 in an adventurous way, with a work trip to Saudi Arabia for a project in training government HR specialists. She was also lucky enough to take her mom to Naples, FL, for the winter and got her back home just before March 13 arrived

with a bang to start the global shut down. She refers to herself as Pivot-Tina in helping her association’s members (still at the Association for Talent Development) train in the virtual world. While the work is rewarding, Betsy writes that it is also exhausting! But who isn’t exhausted

by COVID-19? Husband Harry is working and healthy, and her mom is doing great. Betsy says she has watched all of the Netflix programs and done way too much online shopping!

Karen Williams Wickre still lives in the Washington, DC, area and is active in the Sweet Briar alumnae club. While this year the club was not able to hold many of the Washington Career Days, etc., she enjoys still working with regional alumnae to support SBC, and joined the Washington International Horse Show SBC booth and also was able to see President Woo at earlier Sweet Briar events hosted by Heidi Cromwell ’85 and others. Karen is enjoying working remotely and spending more time outdoors with a couple of NYC and FL trips preCOVID. She sends best wishes for good health to all.

Staci Skufca keeps in touch with Anne Frierman Sewell, Ann Alleva Taylor, Kristin Bryan Burliss, and Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff. Staci is living the salt life in Ft. Lauderdale.

If anyone is traveling through, please reach out anytime as she would love to catch up!

Anne Frierman Sewell met up with Kristin Bryan Burliss and Staci Scufca at Hammock Beach for some sun and relaxation and a short break from her busy monogram business Properly Mine. She also catches up with Camille Williams Yow ’55 and Louise Jones Geddes in Atlanta from time to time.

Laurie Scovel Pfeifer and her husband Brad (HSC ’83) still live in Hyannis Port. Not much has changed except that they now have a yellow lab puppy named Sampson.

Teaching kindergarten remotely in the spring was challenging, and at time of writing, she was still waiting to hear what this school year will bring. Laurie and Brad see Eithne Broderick Carlin ’80 at her amazing restaurant DJ’s Family Sports Pub quite often!

As for me, I’ve missed being able

to catch up in person with lots of you and blame COVID for that, and I am really looking forward to a new year with hopefully more freedom to congregate and travel!

I spent the first part of the year in Australia helping Jim deal with the aftermath of the Australian bushfire on his business there. Got home on March 10, just as things were shutting down, and Jim and I have been apart ever since, as he is still in Australia which has closed borders going in and out and, of course, as of late July, international travel from the USA has all but dried up. I realize, however, that this is outside my control and during this crazy year I am trying to focus on the things over which I have control. The rest is a waste of energy! Other (better) news includes that daughter Lucia graduated from Tulane and moved to DC where she is living with Mathilde Sharman, daughter of Elizabeth Cahill Sharman. Those two also see Seline Morrissette, daughter of Melissa Cope Morrissette ’83 (and niece of Laura Morrissette Clark ’85).

Additionally, my son, Giles (W&L ’16), just got engaged to a cute girl named Margaret Brown. Margaret’s mom is Suzanne Schmitt Brown ’85 who attended SBC for two years before graduating from Tulane. So, of course, I love Margaret! How small is that world?

If you haven’t been back to SBC in a while, I encourage you to do so.

The campus looks beautiful, and there are so many positive things going on right now. The Class of ’84 nearly beat its own all-time best reunion participation rate in the fundraising that ended June 30. Now is a great time to go on and make that gift for the new fiscal year. Let’s beat our previous best participation rate!

Hopefully you can attend an SBC event near to you, and if you don’t know about one, then contact the College and see where the closest one is to you. We are still looking for a handful of lost classmates, so if you know one, please either send me her details or, better still, reach out and encourage her to get in touch. Like so many classmates have already stated, lots of love and wishes for good health and good times go out to all of you from me. Stay safe and well!

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Suzanne Weaver Zimmer and husband Jeff are living temporarily in an apartment as they finish building their forever house in Fairhope, AL, where they have lived for 17 years.

Josh (25) finished at Auburn in the architecture program and is working at a firm in Auburn; he and Emma were married in March. James (23) finished the automotive technician program at Universal Technical Institute in Orlando and is working at a repair shop that specializes in European car servicing and repair. He lives near his parents in Daphne, AL, and they enjoy that he is so close.

Vicki Vidal Blum still works for Black Knight, a mortgage technology company. Sadly, her mom (SBC ’48) died in late 2019, but she had a great long life and career. Vicki’s son, David, is off to Radford in Aug., and will be playing soccer. Radford is keeping games close to campus, so Vicki and her husband are looking forward to seeing many of David’s games.

Ellen Carver is in Norfolk, VA, with daughter Sophia (16) and husband Will Redfern, who is a retired professor and lawyer who is enjoying his new life as a master gardener. Ellen is executive director of Girls on the Run Hampton Roads, where she is empowering girls to be physically and emotionally healthy. Ellen keeps in touch with Louellen Brooks Meyer, who lives in San Angelo, TX, with her husband Robert. Both of her children are engaged! Son Vic lives in Fort Worth, TX, and will be marrying October 2, while daughter Vivian, lives in Austin, TX, and will marry in San Angelo on Jan. 9.

Professionally, Louellen continues to be organist and director of music at First Presbyterian Church. She is also a piano accompanist and teacher of music appreciation at the local university.

Maha Kanoo lives in Dubai, where she has been working from home due to the pandemic. She reports that her brother fell ill with COVID, and she is so very grateful that he is recovered. El Warner has

also been staying home. She ventured out to VA in July for Sweet Work Weeks and visited DeAnne Blanton and her husband, Dick Higgins, for a socially distanced lunch on DeAnne’s deck overlooking the North River.

Renata Leckszas Davis is another classmate who isn’t leaving the safety of home, especially after she and husband Bill left Ecuador and the Galapagos just ahead of a major outbreak of the virus two weeks later. Renata isn’t substitute teaching due to the pandemic, so she has extra time for cycling and hiking.

Both Whitney Machnik and her husband work in education: she as a high school math and computer science teacher, and Dave as a food service director. This year has, obviously, been challenging but they have used the time at home to work on training and agility with their dogs.

Cheryl Young is an empty nester now. All three of her children have graduated from college and are working. Oldest, Tate (W&L ’13 is a lieutenant in the Navy and is stationed in Key West. Tim is a sailing captain and instructor for Offshore Sailing in Fort Myers. “He is married to beautiful daughter-in-law Christy, and they blessed us just before Christmas with our first grandbaby, Mary Catherine Ann (first to claim a spot for SBC 2037). Kayla, is a geologist about to start grad school at University of WY in economic geology. She is enjoying everyday SweeBOP-type activities as a sailing instructor by weekday and adventurer at all other times. Me, I now have my Coast Guard master-rated captains with a sailing endorsement.

We all continue to sail and race in our family. Cheryl is keeping active with sports, teaching in our religious education, minister through music and guitar, organized a trap, neuter and return program for over sixty cats and kittens.”

Karla Kennedy Hicks says despite the craziness in the world, she is very happy, almost 57. “I just celebrated my sixth wedding anniversary to my fabulous Illini husband, Jeff Hicks. I have been with Vanguard, the investment firm, for 10 years. I recently got a promotion there. My stepdaughter has had to reschedule and dramatically edit her dream wedding, but is taking it in stride.

My daughter lost her dream job in international travel but she bounced right back. Shout out to Caperton Morton for helping in her job search. I had a great weekend with Stacy Zackowski Lukanuski and Martha Shorter Lanier Dougherty in Cleveland last fall. We went to an Indians game and drove home in an Uber in a tornado. No lie. We had to keep driving around fallen trees and electric poles. We vowed to get together this spring but you know how that turned out. Missed everyone horribly in May!”

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Alis Van Doorn alisvandoorn@hotmail.com Spunk Kuehlwein: “After 22+ years as a law enforcements officer, and 28 years as a firefighter, I am hanging up my gun belt and bunker gear for retirement! My wife and I are working on some home improvements and enjoying some time traveling. I look forward to our next adventures! I have enjoyed connecting with fellow Vixens through Facebook. Cheers!”

Terry Cerrina Davis: “Hope everyone is staying safe during this trying and scary time. We have made the most of the time at home these past few months doing yard work and spending time outside. I greatly enjoyed Zooming with SBC classmates and would love to do it again!

We are holding out hope our daughter, Lindsay, will get to campus to begin her freshman year at Miami University in Oxford, OH, this semester after a less than desirable end to her senior year. Here’s to health and safety to all of you and your loved ones!”

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Kristen Kreassig Carter kcarter757@icloud.com EllenSmith ellensmith10@att.net Page Franson reports that her father died on Dec. 15, 2019. She is still rehabbing her knee from her last surgery on May 29 and is hoping that the scar tissue does not grow back. She is enjoying being on Cape Cod where her sister and her fami-

ly just visited for a week; they had a great time cooking, eating and fishing.

Anne Farrell is doing okay in Antioch, IL. She has been working at the same clinic for 23 years. She has been working with her dogs, trying to stay sane during the COVID crisis and hopes everyone else is, too.

Kristen Kreassig Carter says that Pam Miscall Cusick and family visited them in Virginia Beach over the fourth of July weekend. They had a great time catching up and can’t wait to visit SBC when life returns to normal. Scotty is a rising junior at R-MC and is returning to campus late Aug. She and Dave celebrated their 32nd anniversary in May. Stay safe, healthy and happy!

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Jennifer Crawley Lewis 7331 San Carlos Rd. Jacksonville, FL 32217 lcrllc@aol.com Carrie Winkler Rowe sadly reports that our beloved Suzanna Reed Townsend passed away on July 3. Suzanna leaves behind three children; Isabelle, a gorgeous tall redhead, Andrew, her sweet son and Sally Reed, whom Carrie says is the spitting image of Suzanna. Carrie and Hilary von Maur were able to spend some wonderful weeks with Suzy Q relaxing in south FL over this past year. Their time with Suzy was a gift like Suzanna was to so many.

Stacey Vilar Csaplar shares that she was planning to start a walking tour company in March but COVID-19 put this plan on indefinite hold. She decided to change course and go back to school at Harvard to get a graduate certificate in museum studies. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 situation has caused her daughter, Arden, to transfer out of SBC into UMass online so she can stay closer to home during the pandemic.

Cecilia Moore has enjoyed Zoom visits with Rapti de Silva, Praka Punniamorthy Sahi, Anne Powell, Lee Ann Conard, Virginia Bennett Leeds, Beth Stookey Sargent, and Caroline Corum and also enjoyed the Class of 1988 Zoom

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Jean Spillane Benning 1120 Walnut Farm Rd. Lower Gwynedd, PA 19002 1990SweetBriar@gmail.com Thanks to all of you who kindly submitted class notes. I know this is the first place many of you jump to in order to see what’s going and to keep in touch! We all appreciate your willingness to share what is going on in your lives, and I hope to hear from more of our classmates next time.

LuAnn Hunt: “2020 has been an up and down year for us all! My husband, Larry, and I both retired this year (Larry retired in March; I retired at the end of May). I was with the City of Lynchburg for 29 years.

Now I get to focus more attention on my photography business! I’ll be starting up a new service this summer, Princess Moments, where little girls get to dress up like a princess, have their photos taken and receive several gifts. Along with retirement comes more opportunity to visit my grandkids in NC, ages 16 to six, and they’ll get to come visit here in Amherst more, too! So far during the pandemic, my family has all been healthy. We’re doing our part by social distancing and wearing masks in public. Let’s all pray that by the time these notes are published that COVID is in the past! Stay well Vixens!”

Kelleigh Klym Friesen stays in touch with Tracey Thomas Jones and Lea Harvey. “My family, horses and private practice are my focus pre-COVID and mid-COVID. Our family has taken up hiking and enjoying the beautiful Rocky Mountains just 20 minutes away. Ava, 12, is the joy of my life. She hopes to be a Sweet Briar first-year in a few more years! Thinking about all our classmates and hoping you and your loved ones are well and safe. See you at the next reunion.”

Amy Kroeger: “Through Zoom and texts I’ve been riding out the pandemic with lots of fun and support from class of ’90 and a few other SBC comrades in crime. Thank you all for sticking together as we struggle with isolation and illness.

I continue to practice on the Tohono O’odham Indian Reservation in southern AZ, but I am now doing inpatient only. Whew! I just got back from PA where I was able to have my first in-person visit with my mother—outside and me wearing my N-95. She is 87 so I was very grateful for the opportunity.”

Julie Brooks Nyquist: “Our remodeling project continues on our home and property. We’ve had the opportunity to accomplish quite a bit of work during COVID. My 10-year-old son has learned that he truly does not want to be homeschooled and going to school is better than being stuck at home. My husband has been able to transition to a home office and enjoys not traveling.”

Allison Miree Novellino: “During the down time I caught up with Nancy Jones in Bluffton, SC, and Sallie McIlheran Wunner in Munich, Germany. Desperate times call for desperate measures; our family travelled in an RV, The Alabama Bubble, to visit our 88-year-old granny in Princeton, NJ, recently. It was a unique experience and possibly the start of a new family tradition. Who knows where we will go next.”

Heather Colson Ewing: “I’m so sad that we missed celebrating SBC and our 30th reunion together! David and I have quarantined between Atlanta and the North Georgia Mountains with Olivia who is a junior at Denison. Nick graduated from Sewanee in May and moved to CO. I love working with the SBC Admissions Ambassador program—please email me if you have a student you think would like SBC (a daughter, niece or neighbor).”

Stacy Gilmore Handling: “This last year I spent time with Amy Donnelly Tobik and Jean Spillane Benning tailgating at Clemson football games. I saw Leslie Carson Albizzatti recently, too, as she is helping plan her son’s wedding in Charleston next year. Always fun to catch up with old friends. I hope everyone stays safe during these strange times.”

Dr. Rosanna Jones-Thurman: “I am still running my private practice in psychology in Omaha, NE, and Council Bluffs, IA. Danny and I are empty nesters. John got married last fall, and we have a six-year-old grandson that came with the daugh-

ter-in-law. Derek is in KC, MO, in chiropractic school (the next Dr.) and Nichollis has been in Europe for two years painting at the Nerdrum School. We try to travel to both coasts to see family and see the two boys here as much as we can. We miss our painter! Life is good in the midwest!”

Ann Marie Beatty Malone: “As terrible as this year’s quarantine has been, as a family, we are very grateful that our daughter, Alexandra, continues to progress positively through the maintenance phase of her leukemia treatment. We are counting down the days to June 21, 2021, when, God willing, she will complete her treatment protocol for good.

For now, she will continue into her senior year of high school doing her classes online and has narrowed her choices of nursing schools to University of Pennsylvania, Villanova and Duquesne. Very much looking forward to seeing Jean Benning and her family at the Jersey shore this July.”

Christine Carriere Zazulak: “Scott and I are still in New Orleans.

Our oldest son, John, is getting married in early 2021. Our second son, Robert, graduated with his master’s from Rhodes College and is now an accountant. David is graduating in Dec. with a computer engineering degree. Stephen is a sophomore at LSU, and Philip is a sophomore at Jesuit. I was so sorry to miss reunion and hope to see everyone soon.”

Dolly Garcia: “Everything is going very well in Puerto Rico. Miguel Juan, 23, is in his last year of law school, Little Dolly is a senior at Marquette, and Mari is getting ready for her senior year of virtual high school. Still keep in touch with many of my SBC friends including Jean Benning, Ann Beatty Malone,

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cocktail hour in the late spring. Cecilia is on sabbatical from the University of Dayton this fall and instead will be doing research on 20th century U.S. Black Catholic women lay leaders in church and society.

Kate Cole Hite was hoping to have some news of a group of classmates getting together for a weekend, but COVID prevented them from gathering. However, she did get the chance to have lunch with Katie Keogh, who is still working for Sweet Briar, and looks fantastic!

Kelly Meredith Iacobelli is still working at Coca-Cola and teaching marketing at Georgia Highlands College. Her baby, Kathleen, will be leaving for Presbyterian College in Aug. to study special education.

Kathleen will be an NCAA Division 1 athlete as a part of their acro and tumbling team. Of course, Kelly is disappointed that she won’t be a Vixen, but she is very happy with her choice of home. Cordelia the English bulldog looks forward to being the center of attention.

Brenda Payne wants to wish us, her beautiful class sisters of ’88, that we too are all safe, healthy and happy.

God bless!

Maia Free Jalenak writes from Baton Rouge, LA, that her family celebrated COVID-style her son, Jack’s graduation from LSU Medical School in April and his wedding in May. Maia and husband Jay (HSC ’87) helped Jack move to Charlottesville in June where Jack has begun his residency in internal medicine at UVA. They enjoyed visiting some wineries in the Charlottesville area and look forward to returning in the future.

Jennifer Crawley Lewis shifted to empty nest status when Diana left for college at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in the fall of 2019. “I’ve been playing tennis on my local team and volunteering at the North Florida School for Special Education in their therapeutic riding center. Max and I enjoyed our trip to Ithaca, NY, in Feb. to watch Diana score a ton of points for RPI in the 100 and 200 butterfly and various relays at the Liberty League Conference Championship. Diana and I had a wonderful spring break mother/daughter trip to St. Thomas and St. John’s US Virgin Islands just before COVID-19 shutdown. I want to thank all of our

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I’ve enjoyed many Zoom meetings with the Class of 1990. After the lockdowns are lifted everyone should come down to the beach for a visit.”

Jean Spillane Benning: “As for myself, I was fortunate to go on a family vacation early in March of this year to St. Thomas. We had a great time, and it was fun to get away.

This year, I will have a sophomore at Clemson, a senior who is looking at a variety of schools for college and a sophomore in high school. We will be spending a week at the beach with Ann Malone in Loveladies on Long Beach Island, a trip that we’ve been doing for years. Keep in touch and feel free to join the SBC Class of 1990 group on Facebook!”

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Jennifer Mooney Risey: “It’s been a crazy year with my father passing from Alzheimer’s and relocating my mother to Atlanta at the start of COVID. She’s been living at my house since March, waiting to get clearance to move into her assisted living facility, but the governor has placed them all on lockdown. Looking ahead, I am gearing up to be an empty nester, with my middle son, Aidan, now attending Georgia Tech studying architecture, and a house divided with the older son, Jackson, attending University of Georgia. Jackson will graduate early and get his masters in accounting in four years and has his internship lined up with Price Waterhouse for next summer. My daughter, Marigny, is graduating from high school a year early as well and hopes to be playing volleyball in college (COVID really put a dent in recruiting) so have no clue where she’ll end up next fall.

In the meantime, I’m still managing Lantern Capital Advisors in Atlanta and planning my relocation to my island where the water is wide.”

Dianne Hayes Doss: “Hubby Bill and I continue to explore the world with our kids, Dan and Jenny. Currently, that means working and schooling from home and bird

Nancy Bulls ’93 and Beth Hensley Martin ’91

watching, gardening, cooking and day trips around GA. Thankful for virtual connections to friends and family to keep us all sane.”

Norma Bulls Valentine: “Norma spent the winter in Wellington, FL, before returning to her farm in Aiken, SC. Norma and Nancy Bulls live together on the farm with five horses, a donkey, Eeyore, and five dogs, and they are still in real estate. Norma’s late husband’s granddaughter is attending Sweet Briar this fall. She had dinner with Tracy Imse Thomson in FL. Nancy Bulls is still at the farm in Aiken, SC. We see Beth Hensley Martin ’91 and her daughter, Katherine, a recent SBC graduate.”

Debra Elkins: “I still work for HHS in DC, and recently adopted two rescue Siamese cats, Gates and Rumsfeld.”

Amy Riley: “I recently spent a weekend with Kaci Chandor DelPlato, Lisa LaLonde Hamaker and Susan Messikomer Horenkamp in Charleston at Kiawah Island. They had an amazing time celebrating Amy’s engagement!”

Laura Hammer: “I still live in Cedar Rapids, IA, with my husband, Keith. We are coming up on 27 years of marriage next month. I am still working at a local hospital as an ultrasound technologist. Our youngest son, Andrew, just finished his sophomore year at Utah State University.

He is majoring in human biology and biochemistry, with thoughts of medical school in the future. Our middle son, Ethan, just graduated from Utah State University, with two BAs: first in conservation and restoration ecology, second in wildlife and ecology management. He hopes to get a job with the National Parks Service. Our oldest son, Keith, just finished his master’s in performance percussion from Rice University. He will continue on towards a second master’s from Bard College, while starting a three-year fellowship with The Orchestra Now as their timpanist. We are happy and healthy, and so are all of our families. I hope all of you are as well!”

Jennifer Jarvis Ballard: “I loved watching my daughter be a first year

Vixen this past year. She loves being there. After taking two classes this summer, she is graduating a year early in the Class of ’22. I am looking forward to both of us having Sweet Briar rings this spring but a little disappointed we won’t be in the same reunion years (we would have been ’93 and ’23). It has been wonderful to have an excuse to make so many trips to our beautiful campus this year! I am looking forward to many more visits over the next two years.”

Sutapa Mukherjee: “I hope this note finds you and yours healthy and safe during the pandemic. My family and I are still living in beautiful northern CA with our three kitties, who have been glad to have us working from home. I am still working at Oracle. My daughter is a rising junior at Lafayette College, pursuing dual degrees in mechanical engineering and international studies. Unfortunately, her study abroad in Germany was cut short. A bright spot despite the pandemic has been the increased time spent with family.

I love sharing a lunch hour with my husband and daughter, who whip up delicious lunches in our kitchen every day. We’ve also been spending time doing socially distanced outdoor activities this summer. My daughter has been going to the barn and riding. We have enjoyed biking and hiking through the hills near our home along with occasional visits to remote beaches, always with a mask, of course. I cannot wait to get together with friends again after this pandemic is over. Hugs to all!

Wendy Stevenson Lucia: Hello from Winchester, MA! I have enjoyed living in the Boston area with my husband, David, for 13 years now. I have worked as a physical therapist specializing in women’s health for Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, since 2009. I had a great visit with Melony Joe Ellinger and her lovely family in their new home in MD over the Christmas holidays. Since then I have been on a planned leave from work which coincided nicely with the sudden shift to remote schooling of my sons Chase (11) and James (nine). I am grateful for this time with my family while I consider my career progression. I keep in touch with Carolyn Imperato, who is a short drive away.

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Katie Maxwell Schellhammer 22914 Goldenrod Dr. Brambleton, VA 20148-6967 Katie@schellhammer.net Eleanor Dickinson will be having a solo art exhibit on Oct. 24 at Boswell Mourot Fine Art in Little Rock, AR. She says, “I’m very excited! Lots to do!”

Kelly Hall reports “I am enjoying my job as director of global initiatives at Cedar Crest College (Yay for women’s colleges!) and just bought a house in Allentown, PA. I’m near Jennifer Parker Raudenbush and get to see her often. Planning a mini-reunion with her, Cari Miller James and Karen Giorgetti in August.”

In July, Carson Scheppe Hobby got a quick visit with Buff Ramsey in St. Simmons, GA. She said, “It was wonderful to see her and her daughter, Sully. Hope everyone stays safe, and I look forward to seeing everyone at reunion 2021!”

Several members of the Class of 1995 have had high school graduates this year. Best wishes to them. We wish everyone good health and happiness until we see each other again at our reunion!

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ilies safe and healthy. Let’s get to it!

I regularly keep up with Meg Magistro Arcadia, Cindy Rakow Readyhough, Leah Jorgensen Jean, Ardas Hiribarne Khalsa and Kate Mulligan who are all happy, healthy and taking care of numerous children, parents and animals. I’m hoping to wrangle them all to campus for our 25th next summer.

Heather Baskett reports she is still animal care operations manager at Fairfax County Animal Shelter.

She recently bought an amazing condo on the Occoquan Reservoir in Lake Ridge, VA. Let her know if you’re in the area and you can plan a visit!

Angie Conklin Abell continues to work as a real estate broker on Chincoteague Island. Angie and Barry celebrated their 20th anniversary this year and will soon become empty nesters. Son Taulman (21) is a junior at UNCW, and daughter Hope will be going to the University of Florida. Angie hits the beach every chance she gets, loves her horses and lives the best life she can!

Sarah Dennis Roberts loves keeping up with the Class of 1996 on Facebook. Sarah serves as senior program officer at Inasmuch Foundation in Oklahoma City. She is a 2016 graduate of SALLT and a 2019 graduate of Leadership Oklahoma. Sarah was honored this summer by Pivot as their Advocate of the Year for her work building collaboration around homeless youth. Sarah and Hayden have been married for 21 years! Hayden works for Oklahoma State University, and he and Sarah enjoy hanging out with their two sons, Jackson (17) and Owen (11).

Ashley Wheeler Glass checks in from GA and states that while COVID has kept her estate sale business closed, she took the opportunity to educate her staff in antique appraising. They will now offer personal property appraising full-time and to large estates. Ashley feels that we all have a duty to teach others a skill that will enhance their lives or give them the ability to do something they love. Well done Ashley!

Jesse Durham Strauss has been enjoying happy hour Zoom calls with classmates Sarah Reidy Ferguson, Sarah Chaffee Paris, Janeen Sharma, Jen Beck Locke, Rachel Baltus Price and April Collins Potterfield and comparing how ev-

Jeff White, Marley White, Kimbie Shaheen White ’96, Max White, Thomas Namorato, David Namorato, Cakki Lattimore Namorato ’96, Jim Namorato, and Cakki’s dog, Wilson

Sarah Dennis Roberts ’96 and family at Scissortail Park in downtown Oklahoma City

eryone is handling the stay-at-home orders. In July, she took her kids camping in Chincoteague, VA, and loved getting to see Angie Conklin Abell and meet her kids and animals.

She continues to work part-time as an event consultant and spends most of her time shuttling her kids to and from various activities. She’s looking forward to our 25th reunion in 2021!

Sarah Chaffee Paris has also taken part in the weekly Zoom calls with the gals above. Sarah was part of the fundraising team with Reidy and Jesse and is so proud of our class for increasing our participation to nearly 40%. Besides her involvement with SBC, she is actively involved with her local democrats group. Sarah is text-banking with the Jaime Harrison campaign and writing postcards for others. She has trained to register people to vote and is looking forward

to a drive-through voter registration in a few weeks. Sarah reminds us to “Please vote!”

Sarah Reidy-Ferguson is in Atlanta and enjoys volunteering for the SBC Alumnae Alliance Communi-

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years and hope we are able to enjoy the luxury of connecting in person again soon. Be well!”

Colleen Losey Daughtry: “Our family moved into our dream house after lots of sweat and tears this past year! Our oldest son, Matthew, graduated from high school in June. Our two daughters worked very hard in school ending up on honor roll all year long. My husband, Chris, appeared in the Super Lawyer Magazine for VA for the fifth year in a row.

As for me, I truly love teaching kindergarten and am walking into my 29th year of teaching here in Virginia Beach! Our family is very blessed!

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cations Working Group. She helps manage the Alumnae Alliance’s social media feeds and encourages everyone to follow on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter for news and updates from the College and our alumnae community! A quick visit from Jesse Durham Strauss in July was a special treat!

Jen Beck Locke and family having been living in Huntsville, AL ,for the past year and absolutely love it!

Hunter commutes to Atlanta where he is the national director of sales for WestRock. He has been working from home since March and has adjusted well to teams and conference calls. Jen is a full-time volunteer and tutor at Whitesburg Christian Academy where Marte (17) is a junior and Trae is a seventh grader. Marte is a full-time academic overachiever taking two dual enrollment classes at community college and maintains above a 4.2 GPA. Trae is an A/B student and plays soccer and football. Jen also spends time at Thomas’ school, Foster Academy, where he is in middle school. The Locke’s are doing great and have transitioned well to quarantine. They are fortunate to have a 400 acre farm a few hours away where they have a garden and lots of trails to roam. Jen talks to her brother, Chris, almost daily, and he and his wife, Susan Holman Beck ’98, and their two children are doing well in Dalton, GA. Chris is a successful metal sculptor, and Susan wears many hats including mother, lawyer and bookstore owner. Jen keeps up with a ton of SBC friends and sends an open invitation to anyone who wants to visit AL! During spring break Kimbie Shaheen White and husband Jeff (HSC ’96), along with their children Max (17) and Marley (15), visited Cakki Lattimore Namorato at her family’s lake house while on a college visit tour for their oldest son Max. They did a lot of catching up and listened to good music. One of the colleges they visited was Hampden-Sydney where they had a tour and caught up with Jason Ferguson (HSC ’96). In the fall, Kimbie will start her 20th year at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School as middle school dean of students and 8th grade English teacher.

Lastly, we’d like to express our sincere gratitude and thanks to the

Class of 1996 for their continued support of Sweet Briar College during the 2019-2020 fiscal year of fundraising. For the third year in a row, the Class of 1996 are the leaders in class participation within the 1990s class bracket. Our success is truly a team effort! Wishing everyone a promising Fall 2020. XO, Eileen.

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Cynthia Hineline 1613 Finefrock Rd. Fremont, OH 43420 Cyndi.hineline@gmail.com Chantel Bartlett: “I am thrilled to announce the birth of Reese Teagan on June 30, 2020 (Class of 2041?). It was a fairly uneventful and easy pregnancy despite the craziness of the pandemic. I’ve been immensely blessed by the support, love and advice from classmates and other Vixens far and wide. Reese’s birth has helped me build stronger and new relationships. I keep in constant contact with Kim Izquierdo who recently moved out of NYC to Long Beach, NY, Candice Maillard, Anna Wade and Andy Kubler Robinson ’00.”

Kelly Bowman Greenwood: “I managed to get my daughter through 3.5 months of distance learning this spring without actually killing anyone, which was more challenging than any garden I’ve ever built and perhaps a more noteworthy accomplishment than my graduate degree.

We sheltered in place in the Bay Area starting in mid-March, when I began making over 50 fabric masks to donate to the hospital in Reno where my sister is an NP. Neighbors saw my Instagram posts and before long I was selling them to the community at my neighbor’s farm stand.

A portion of every sale is donated to World Central Kitchen.”

Dana Bordvick Poleski: “Working in the communications office at SBC since Jan. has been rewarding and challenging (I’m talking to you, COVID). Getting to know the students (I have four mentees) and working with such dedicated faculty and staff is inspiring. My Percheron/ Paint mare, Lydia, turned 18 and continues to rock it as a trail horse and my BFF as we explore parks

Chantel Bartlett ’98 with baby Reese Teagan, born June 30

and trails with a great group of Amherst County riders (but not nearly as often as last year). My husband Mark’s wood sculpture business, SleepyHollowArtcom, has been doing remarkably well this year with big commissions across the US and internationally—still mostly bears with a few other animals sprinkled in. COVID nixed plans to go back to France this spring plus visit my dad in the San Juan Islands. I’ve been especially grateful this year for my closest friends, Kelly Bowman, Sophie Simonard and Misty Donathan. I’ve been focusing on building a healthy lifestyle, reigniting my artistic side and finally finishing home and barn projects while beginning to care for my mom as she navigates memory and cognitive issues. Congratulations, Chantel, on the birth of your beautiful daughter! And, Adair, thank you for your help with writing for SBC.” Adair Collins: Adair Collins is living in Richmond, VA, where she enjoys being close to family. She also is looking for a position in communications/marketing. She is primarily looking at management, senior writ-

er/editor and content strategist roles.

Heather Thomas Armbruster: “Like many, I’ve been teaching online since March. Since I have so much experience I was able to step into a support role for the other instructors on technical issues and pedagogy of online teaching. I also had the opportunity to serve on a task force for human anatomy and physiology society to help professors across the country develop what is a hard and traditionally hands-on subject into an online course. I have also been making masks with every second I have. I gave up counting a long time ago but am well over a hundred masks which includes sewing for friends, family, firefighters in NH, children’s rehab services and my local hospital. Because I didn’t have enough to do, I audited a class through SBC this summer with Kathy Carr. It was a lot of fun to be in class discussions again with classmates! It also gave me a chance to be a student in an online class and remember how to be a student. This fall will bring a new host of challenges with the 11-year-old in virtual school, teaching online and hybrid,

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Kelly Turney Gatzke 105 Shaw Creek Ct. Elizabethtown, KY 42701-4638 warriorwomankelly@hotmail.com Angela Walton Carpita is completely grateful for the ongoing conversation with Megan Butt Glover, Tara Hartnett, Sarah Dorminey, Jill Triana, Elizabeth Melvin Wells, and Kibby Bryenton Fergusson ’00.

Angela can scarcely go a day without a laugh or shared lean into strength with these Vixens, through all life’s ups and downs. It matters not how big or small a detail may be. Megan Glover and her family also house-sat for Angela over the fourth of July and cared for their mutually beloved Irish Setter. Megan’s willingness to pop in and help was a lifesaver.

Emily Sartor Patterson has cozied up with her husband, Brad, 11-year-old daughter and 10-yearold son to all work and learn from home during the COVID restric-

tions. Emily has been working for Duke Medical Center for 15 years providing counseling to patients with chronic illnesses and thankful she can offer her services remotely at this time.

Shannon Smith Willis is living in Burlington, NC, with husband Duane, two kids, two cats, and a dog.

Joshua is now five and will be entering kindergarten in the fall. Michaela will be turning two in Oct. She and Joshua have recently found a local farm to go riding at. Shannon says, “it’d been 20 years since I rode in a ring, so I’m happy to be back in the saddle again!”

Jennifer Schmidt Major continues to love her work as a charge nurse in outpatient dialysis at US Renal Care. She was recognized by her clinic during the pandemic with the “Making A Difference” award.

She and husband Michael celebrated 21 years of marriage this year.

In addition to their four kids, they now have two Coton de Tulear dogs, having added Lily to the family this April. Prior to the pandemic, she and Sweet Briar sisters, Abby Schmidt Anzalone ’00, and Kim Schmidt Miscavage ’01 had a wonderful reunion vacation at Walt Disney World.

Blaire Wiley Wiznerowicz is bummed to have missed her FL vacay with Melissa Cicotello this year but is camping out couch-side with her two teens, husband, god-daughter and two Papillons in Richmond, VA. She and James celebrated their 17th A\anniversary on July 26. She has spent the quarantine riding her bike, learning Swahili and supporting her local breweries. She hopes to spend more time on Aimee Armentrout Peacemaker.

Rachel Bratlie and her family continue to adjust to life back in the US. Rachel continues hospital-based work and is adjusting to the challenges brought on by the COVID pandemic. So far, everyone has stayed well! Her boys will be six and nine-years-old and they are about to have their first drive-by birthday party next month.

Jill Triana reports that “a daughter, Emory Baker York, was born to Jill Triana and Michael York on June 4, 2019.” After enduring a geriatric pregnancy, adjusting to being first time parents, sleep deprivation, and

putting her in nursery school, the global pandemic hit causing everything to come to a halt, like most. So basically, our days consist of laughter, tears, poopy diapers, work, more poopy diapers and a new affinity for Rose.” Thankfully, Jill’s counseling private practice, Capital Counseling (Raleigh, NC) continues to thrive.

There’s a lot to be grateful for. Even the diapers.

Lindsay Hicks Watrous and husband Tim have been busy breaking up fights between her three children, Drew (12), Owen (10), and Quincy (seven) since about midMarch. Fortunately, her job as a freelance writer allows her to work from home, which has become increasingly challenging due to aforementioned responsibilities. As she lives in one of the country’s desirable red zones, she is looking forward to more distance learning for the fall semester. She has redecorated her family room with a homeschool motif. Her design choices of IKEA desks, roller-chairs and bulletin boards would make Joanna Gaines weep with joy.

Devon Vasconcellos Bijansky has mostly been staying home, baking one loaf of bread, cutting her husband’s hair four times and coloring her own hair once since March. Things she organized in the early days of the lockdown are messy again. Austin has gotten too hot for yard work. The bunnies have been indifferent to her and Steve’s increased presence.

As for me, Kelly Turney Gatzke, I was offered a full-time position as the one-on-one IEP assistant with a special needs student in Sept. 2019.

I realized it was not my forever career and that I need to figure out what I want to be when I grow up!

I’ve spent the pandemic quarantine watching too many webinars, finally painting most of the things I wanted to paint, improving my green thumb, and collecting pots that look like animals (now designated pot-imals because I have too much time on my hands). Amelia (13) and Cameron (10) survived being home since midMarch and are ready for school to resume. Ben is all set to retire from the Army after 21 years in summer 2021. We are excited and nervous about the possibilities and actually picking where we want to live! Stay safe and well, Vixens! Holla, Holla!

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Marilen Sarian Crump 212 Rock Creek Court Yorktown, VA 23693 artinspiredme@gmail.com Susan Bobb is finishing up year five in the Boston area where she is a professor of psychology at Gordon College, a small liberal arts school.

She goes up for tenure next year.

Husband Jamie works for an automotive startup, Benjamin (11) starts fifth grade this fall, and Jakob (six) and Nathan (six) first grade. After years of globe-trotting, we love finally having a landing place and being in the same time zone with our east coast family and friends.

Elizabeth Davis Baker says hello from NC! She loved catching up via Zoom with many of you during the virtual 20th reunion and can’t wait until we can properly celebrate in person! She and Brian still live in Smithfield and just celebrated their 16th anniversary. She is now the department chair of English, humanities and foreign languages at Johnston Community College and loves being in administration, but the post-COVID world of higher education is quite a challenge! Miss you all and wishing you a safe and healthy rest of 2020! XOXO

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Katie McNamara Brown 2115 Natahoa Ct. Falls Church, VA 22043 mcnamara02@gmail.com It is with great sadness that we share the news of Kimberly Martin Robson’s passing. Kim will be remembered for her incredible devotion to friends and family, her passion for running and cycling, her beautiful smile, generous heart and love of horses and dogs. Our hearts go out to her husband, Michael, son, Camden, daughter, Madeline, and all family and friends who were blessed to know Kim. Alicia McCartney returned to the DC area in early 2018 after living in Cambodia for two years. Alicia returned to work at Freddie Mac, where she has spent the majority of her career, working in the areas

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and most exciting for me, I start my second MS in human anatomy and physiology instruction!”

TC Carolyn Kennedy Pyle: “I moved to Bentonville, AR, in 2017 for a major career opportunity, but not with Walmart! Kids and hubby love it here, and so do I. It is a much better lifestyle than in metro Atlanta. Once the coronavirus hit, we were very grateful for the big house because five people at home was a bit much. Luckily my job is considered essential, so I got out occasionally.

The best part of quarantine was a Zoom with Janine Schofield ’97, Kimbie White, Kelly Foit, Laura Million, Elizabeth Aycock and Nikki Keller ’96. We had not all been together since 1996.”

Cyndi Hague Hineline: “The pandemic certainly threw my plans off for the year, as all singing and acting jobs have been put on hiatus for the foreseen future. However, several of the groups I’m involved with have been attempting to create virtual content for us to continue to use our creativity. I am currently continuing to work as a legal assistant in Toledo. My husband continues to teach American history and our son, Alex, is a sophomore in high school already. My, how time flies!”

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of compliance and risk transfer. She adopted her first dog, Karma, from a local shelter at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and is soon to be a first-time home owner in the Merrifield neighborhood of northern VA. To celebrate her 40th birthday last Oct., she spent two weeks traveling through Costa Rica, hiking, surfing and scuba diving. Alicia enjoyed amazing adventures living in southeast Asia and is now excited to finally put down roots in the DC area. Alicia hopes everyone in the Class of 2002 is happy, healthy and living their best life!

Ashley Trantham Saunders has been living Groundhog Day since March 9 when her first work trip of many was canceled. Although she already worked from home and enjoyed the solitude, other people’s need for constant interaction has resulted in six to seven video conferences each day followed by hours of

TV with a husband she wasn’t used to seeing every day. At least she’s only gained about 20 pounds!

Rachel Roth Allred just completed her 17th year of teaching! This coming school year, she will be teaching fourth grade math and science.

This past school year, Rachel coached the science bowl team to victory in the quarterfinal match. Rachel will serve on the PTA at her daughter‘s school as the communications secretary beginning this fall. This year Rachel celebrated her 40th birthday, her daughter‘s 10th birthday, and her 14th wedding anniversary! Rachel sends all alums her best and hopes everyone is staying safe and healthy!

Tia Trout Perez has been working remotely for months now, which presents a variety of challenges, but is enjoying not having to commute daily. She is beyond thrilled that her niece, Elyse Samassekou, daughter of Tamara Trout Murphy ’01, is starting SBC as a member of the Class of 2024 this fall!

Amanda Davis Stevens became a named partner of her law firm in Jan. of this year. Amanda shares that it has been an interesting year dealing with the pandemic and transitioning to remote work. Amanda’s family just adopted an adorable puppy because one dog and two kids in distance learning wasn’t quite enough chaos!

Louey and Serena Basten Kachinsky would like to announce the birth of their baby boy, Elijah Erle “River” Orion Kachinsky, born on April 1 on The Farm in Summertown, TN. Mary Tassone Dunlevy completed her Master of Arts in teaching at North Carolina State University in May. Mary is returning to teaching eighth grade English this fall after ten years as a stay-at-home-mom.

Liz Waring McCracken is teaching two online dance courses at Appalachian State University in fall 2020, as well as making sure Isadora (age 11) and Athena (age eight) learn something from virtual school. We enjoyed a socially distant summer by taking many hikes and renting a house by the Toe River near Asheville one weekend. Liz turned the big 40 and successfully flambéed a homemade Baked Alaska (why light candles when you can light an entire dessert on fire?!). All the McCrackens are looking forward to traveling

once the world gets back to normal.

Kathlyn Pierce is currently fostering an adorable kitten, Alfie, through an orphan kitten project associated with UC Davis. Kathy also mentors a foster child that she has been working with for over two years now. He’s 11 going on 15 lately, so he’s keeping her on her toes! She looks forward to getting back to her volunteer work with the local food bank and a shelter once the pandemic allows normal programming to resume. Kathy is still enjoying her career as a financial advisor and believes she has the best clients in the world. When Kathy rides her green bike with white Hawaiian flower decals and a wicker basket on the front around, it always reminds her of her bike riding days at SBC. Kathy misses everyone and is eagerly awaiting the end of the pandemic.

Amy Mullen is thoroughly enjoying the work-from-home life and overspending with DoorDash. She is currently researching how to keep a pet snail. Amy hopes to master skateboarding by the end of the year.

Jaime Henna traveled a couple times each to NC, CA, NY and CO over this past year. When not traversing the country, she calls a little corner of Charlottesville, VA, home.

There, she obsesses over backyard garden design and is steadily transforming a small patch of earth once covered in rocks into a wonderland rich with plant life. She spent the summer working, reading, doing puzzles, watching TV, going on short walks or scooter rides with her boyfriend and generally avoiding prolonged exposure to the heat and humidity of a central VA summer.

Aja Grosvenor Stephens and family have survived the severe COVID spike in NYC. She spends her days asking the schools to open up and take her child so she can participate in Zoom meetings. She occasionally ventures out to Target and Trader Joe’s. Aja’s fortunately younger than the rest of her classmates and hopes to celebrate her 40th birthday in 2021 surrounded by other humans. Her favorite quarantine purchase has been an inflatable bath tub, and she also sewed her first pair of shorts.

Jennifer Taylor Catano reports that in March she and her daughters enjoyed their spring break with lots of time with friends, swimming and

roller skating. However, life took a major turn mid-March when Jenn spent a week in the hospital with a bacterial infection in her stomach and colon. Then due to COVID, Jenn’s family transitioned to virtual school and a new way of life. Jenn healed quickly and became involved in a local mask sewing group making masks for healthcare professionals in our area. Jenn’s sewing group worked so hard from March to June 1st that they were able to donate 4,200 fabric masks to local doctors and nurses and we also sent 200 masks to New York Presbyterian Hospital. In May, she celebrated her oldest daughter’s 10th birthday with a scavenger hunt and birthday parade. Jenn’s girls are heading into fifth and first grade and are still waiting to see what this school year will be like! Jenn lives in Katy, TX, (a suburb of Houston) and the numbers have been very high there recently. She hopes they will get under control soon! Wishing all the very best! Stay healthy!

Kathleen McNamara Brown and her husband Adam have both been working remotely full-time since March. As school transitioned to virtual sessions and activities closed, the family had to find new ways of working together to make the best of a difficult situation. Katie’s younger sister Maggie McNamara ’11 generously hosted Katie’s whole family out at her farm for much of the summer to allow for more outdoorsy activities and riding time for the kids while parents worked. It was a memorable summer at the farm with all the horses and dogs, doing barn chores, weeding the garden, reading, bird watching, hiking, horseback riding and enjoying extra family time. Katie hopes this note finds all of you well and looks forward to the day when we can all get together again!

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Virginia Wood Susi 2929 Dorell Ave Orlando, FL 32814 ginnysusi@gmail.com Sweet Briar Class of 2004 Autumn Matysek-Snyder Fish is enjoying working as the school administrator at North Branch School where both her children attend, Xavier (11) and Daisy (six). She

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started coaching swimming this fall.

She sees Lori Kovatch Long ’01 at meets. She and Jeremiah celebrated their 15th anniversary in July. Jeremiah is still working fire and rescue.

She sees Mary Morris Park and Mary David Roxer regularly. She hopes all are well!

Kelly Gibbons Schell has been fighting the good fight by staying at home with two toddlers since March. She isn’t going crazy. She swears.

Leah Davis Philhower is still living in SC. She’s staying home and doing virtual school with her boys, Jasper (four) and Paxton (11).

Camille Simmons Smalling is enjoying life with her husband and 19-month-old daughter. She is also enjoying her career in the field of human resources.

Lisa Moore Walton and her husband, Marshall, welcomed the birth of their first child in March. Their son, Harlan, shares a birthday with mom! Lisa is going into her fourth year teaching high school science at Wye River Upper School in Centreville, MD. One of her students from the Class of 2020 is entering SBC as a first-year in fall 2020.

Stephanie Gleason and her husband, Neal, were thrilled to welcome the newest addition to their family this past May, Chloe Victoria Dyson, who is now two months. Her big sister, Elle (1-1/2) and two fur baby siblings are in love! During the pandemic Stephanie regularly Zooms with SBC sisters, Kerry Keins, Caitlin Webber Mazzucca, Anne Mohana, Jessica Porter Sadeq Heather Shumaker, Andrea Stassi, and Kirkland Wohlrab to maintain sanity. Pre-pandemic, these ladies all

celebrated Andrea “Aunie” Stassi’s engagement/pending nuptials in Austin, TX. They are eagerly awaiting their next post-pandemic reunion! Stephanie remains employed at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and will return to her position as operations lead for the V-22 Osprey Joint Program Office shortly following her recent parental leave. In this capacity, she will continue recruitment efforts with SBC engineering students interested in supporting Naval aviation. She is approaching her 10th year as a government civil service member this fall.

2005

Lynsie Watkins Steele 1060 Allendale Dr. Charlottesville, VA 22901 lynsie@getvie.com Cat Brumley is still living in the northern VA area. She recently made a career change to teaching and enjoys it. Working online like everyone else these days due to COVID! She misses everyone and campus, too.

Christie Sears Thompson: Christie and her husband, Kevin (HSC ’07), welcomed their second child, Hannah Mae Thompson, on Nov. 18, 2019. Christie also has a thriving private practice as a marriage and family therapist in CO where she specializes in helping new and expectant parent couples.

Elizabeth Churchill: “This year I’ve been busy looking for a job. After a divorce, I moved from Amherst County to northern VA in hopes of finding a better job. The pandemic has made this pursuit difficult, but

2006

Victoria Chappell Harvey 8618 Waldon Heights San Antonio, TX 78254 victoria@gidgette.com

Joelle Andrews is still living in Raleigh, NC, with her husband and two cats. In recent news, Joelle changed jobs and is now doing product marketing for Progress Software.

She’s very excited for the change.

Joelle is also excited to attend the wedding of Alexandra Blair this October in Kansas City, MO. Congratulations, Alex!

Michelle Badger was elected to her fourth term on the school committee and was voted in by the committee to be vice-chair. Other than that, she has been working from home. She is hoping to see everyone at reunion the weekend of May 28, 2021 (?) to celebrate 15 years (wow!). Thank you to everyone who helped get us close to our participation for FY20! Don’t forget to make your best gift to help our class reach our participation goal this year.

Jenny Lynn is still working away at the Tin Shop at Colonial Williamsburg. This year will be the fifth year of being an apprentice and 10 years at CW, but she is still on the third level of the apprenticeship.

(Nevertheless, she persisted.) She really appreciates all of the alumnae who stop by to say hello when they come to visit!

Joanna Meade-Runaldue has spent quarantine with personal training clients online, training her rescued pit bull puppy, completing some home renovations and preparing for a baby girl to arrive in Oct. Additionally, she is completing a certification in pre and post-natal personal training and looks forward to helping more moms and momsto-be get stronger and healthier.

2007

Emily N. Olson 5238 Lake Shore Drive Waco, Texas 76710 emilynicoleolson@gmail.com Erica Kennedy McCallie and her husband, Andrew, celebrated her birthday in France in March. It was

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Stephanie Gleason ’04, Andrea Stassi ’04, Jessica Porter Sadeq ’04, Kirkland Wohlrab ’04, Kerry Keins Mutschelknaus ’04, Anne Mohana ’04, Caitlin Webber Mazzucca ’04, and Heather Shumaker ’04 celebrated Andrea’s engagement and upcoming nuptials in Austin, TX

I’ve been using the extra time to hang out with my dogs, cats and horse.”

Joyce Scott is excited to begin pursuing a second master’s degree in Jan. 2021 at Brenau University in Atlanta, GA, this time as part of a career change to the field of occupational therapy. She was excited and grateful for the chance to reconnect with Alison Sims Courtney ’09 who was a huge help by providing advice and a reference during the application process. Joyce also recently became a certified therapeutic riding instructor and a licensed foster parent.

Lynsie Watkins Steele: “So much change and all of it good! After my recent divorce, I am doing better than ever (it was a bumpy road, trust me)! I moved into a new house in Ivy, VA, (near Charlottesville) and I’m raising my four boys here while I run two businesses: an online cooking academy and a marketing and design firm. In my free time (ha!)

I volunteer as the vice chair for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s C-ville chapter for the Brewer’s Ball. I also donate my time as the senior online engagement coordinator to an amazing nonprofit called HEY! (Healthy Excited Youth) that helps address health and wellness education for at-risk youth in DC and NYC. My days are filled with laughter, food, design, gardening, fighting and making up. I could not be more grateful for this stage of my life!”

Megan Knight Bowling: “We moved back to Amherst last year and had surprise baby #3! I start graduate school in a few short weeks at JMU to become a family nurse practitioner! We are currently living with my mom while we build our custom home!”

Torrey Ford Shallcross married Gary Paul Kraiss Jr. on Feb. 9of last year at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown followed by a reception at the Metropolitan Club of Washington, DC, with Alexandra Lussier Kohlberger standing by her side as her matron of honor and joined in attendance by Lisa Lussier ’03. While working as a chief fundraiser and development director in Washington, DC, Torrey has recently begun her executive master’s in leadership at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.

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Erica Kennedy McCallie ’07 and her husband Andrew celebrating her birthday in Mar. 2020 in Paris, France

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their first trip abroad and she says, “J’aime la France!” Erica was recently promoted to senior information technology capability specialist at Tennessee Valley Authority where she has been working for 12 years.

Erica and Andrew will celebrate 12 years of marriage in June.

In Feb., Eleanor O’Connor traveled to Portland, OR, for the PubWest conference and was lucky to be able to meet up with classmates Kimberley Battad, Laura Jane Schaefer and Rebekah McSpadden Burger for a Class of 2007 mini-reunion. It was her first time seeing Bekah since graduation day! She writes, “It was a joy to see them and talk about where we all are in our lives right now—13 years later!”

Heather Bowen has been working by day at a busy gallery in Duck, NC, and by night she is making art and jewelry for her own business.

She has an Etsy shop, a booth at

the local farmer’s market and she sells jewelry and gifts through a few local stores on the Outer Banks.

When she’s not making or selling art, Heather spends time with her two corgis. Many of our classmates may remember little Annie. She is 14 now, but she is doing well. Heather’s younger corgi, Fletcher, is two, and he has been in agility training for about 18 months with the goal of competing when events start happening regularly again. Both Annie and Fletcher recently passed their evaluation to be registered therapy dogs, so they hope to be able to visit hospitals and senior centers soon.

Heather also hopes to help implement a therapy program in her local elementary schools to help children improve reading skills by reading aloud to animals. Unfortunately, therapy visits of all kinds have been postponed due to the current health regulations, but they look forward to getting out there sometime in the future!

Danielle Briggs-Hansen Chase is working in the Olympia Regional Office of Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute) and loves it! She is acclimating well to her new life in Olympia, WA, all things considered. At the time of submission, Danielle and her husband Jesse were expecting their first child sometime around July 26.

On July 16, Morgan Lorraine Roach Vina gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Dylan Elise Vina. Dylan weighed 7 lbs., was 19.4” long and came out sporting a full head of hair.

Morgan and her husband, Stephen, could not be more in love with her.

Proud aunt, Ryan Elizabeth Roach ’10, was Dylan’s visitor.

Kimberley Battad ’07, Laura Schaefer ’07, Eleanor O’Connor ’07 and Rebekah McSpadden Burger ’07 in Portland, OR in Feb. 2020

2008

Jessica Wilson 122 Berkshire Pl. Lynchburg, VA 24502 henson08@sbc.edu Jessica Wilson: “I recently completed my training to become an AFPA-certified Pilates mat instructor. I’m hoping to transition from teaching online to in person classes as soon as it is safe to do so. In the meantime, I am continuing to stay at home with my three children, Michael (10), Adalaide (six), and Rosalie (five), all of whom will be homeschooling through the pandemic.”

Mary Berry: “Stephen (HSC ’09) and I welcomed our son, August Graham Berry, on March 28, precisely in the midst of the pandemic. He has added such joy to a strange and stressful time, and we love watching him learn and grow. 2019 held one last hurrah for us before parenthood, when we hiked Patagonia—not exactly what I would recommend at 6.5 months pregnant, but it was the trip of a lifetime and well-timed before the world shut down. We’re looking forward to introducing August to SBC and HSC friends when we can!”

Dr. Laurel Berry: “My family, Chris Berry (HSC ’07) and our daughters, Emory (five) and Madison (20 months), and I moved to Winston-Salem, NC, where I am completing a fellowship in gynecologic oncology. We have connected with Sarah Dyer Terzian ’10 and husband Hillman Terzian (HSC ’08) since moving here and enjoy spending time with them and their

son, Dyer (six months). I am spending this year of my fellowship as a research fellow studying the immunogenicity of ovarian cancer.”

Dawn Slekis: “I am extremely excited to announce our newest pack member, Briar Rose, a nine-week-old beagle puppy. She is enjoying running and annoying her older brother Jake, the shepherd. Jan. 2020 I welcomed a new niece and started a new job with the state of WV working in drinking water compliance and enforcement. This position moved us to South Charleston, WV.”

Stephen and Mary Dance Berry ’08 and their son August Graham Berry

Dawn Slekis ’08 and her new pup, Briar Rose

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Haynes Arthur Friedman, son of Shannon Schalestock Friedman ’09, was born March 29, 2020

Sweet Briar friends celebrate at the wedding of Jordan McIntire McKenzie ’11

expected, but seeing these beautiful babies my SBC sisters are having gives me hope for a bright and beautiful future!

2010

Rosalie Morgan Louis Rosalielouis02@gmail.com Danielle Haines has an MAT in special education and currently teaches fourth grade as a special education teacher.

Lauren Schwartz Lazaro ’09 and her husband Brice with their daughter Virginia and their son Kenneth Michael, born April 26, 2019

2009

Jenny Walkiewicz Dill 13938 SW Crist Court Tigard, OR 97223 Jenny.Dill11@gmail.com Lauren Schwartz Lazaro and her husband, Brice, welcomed Kenneth Michael into the world on April 26, 2019. He weighed 9 lbs. 5 oz. and was 22” long! He joins his big sister, Virginia.

Amanda Strickland and her husband bought a house at the end of 2019 in Hampton, VA. They also welcomed a beautiful and healthy daughter, Leah Jean Haas, on Feb. 18, 2020 (SBC class of 2042)!

Amanda started a new job as a museum specialist at the US Army Transportation Museum at Ft. Eustis, VA. Shannon Schalestock Friedman is over the moon to share that she and her husband, Matt (HSC ’04), welcomed their son, Haynes Arthur Friedman, on March 29, 2020.

Paul Kenneth Denne Fincham, son of Doreen McVeigh, was born June 1, 2020 (his due date!) weighing 8 lbs. and 1 oz. He is a beautiful, sweet and calm baby boy, and they are over the moon with happiness.

Over the last year, Jessica Lile Hudson has been working in a new job as the director of social media marketing for MorningStar Home, Inc., and it has been really exciting!

It is always fun to take on a new challenge and learn new skills. Their son was set to enter kindergarten this year, but with COVID, they are holding him back a year to ensure he gets a full year of four-year-old preschool (hopefully). We are hopeful for 2021.

I, Jenny Walkiewicz Dill, have been staying busy chasing my daughters, Alexa (four) and Emmeline (nine months), around our home in OR. My husband, Jon, recently accepted a new position at Intel and has been remodeling our house every free minute he has! 2020 has certainly not been the year any of us

2011

Heather Marianne McTague 1065 Brennan Drive Warminster, PA 18974 HMMcTague@gmail.com Alexis Simmont Leonard: In March 2020, she began working as the executive director of the therapeutic riding nonprofit Great and Small, which serves people with emotional, intellectual and physical disabilities in Boyds, MD. Melaina Macone: In March 2020, she joined Mondelez International as the associate director of lean Six Sigma and capabilities. She moved to NYC with the company and splits her time between NY and LA. Jordan McIntire McKenzie married Mark McKenzie on Nov. 2, 2019, in Richmond, VA. Sarah Melvin was one of the maids of honor. Other SBC ladies that attended the wedding were Keri Falk, Simone Morris, Lauren Smith, Jenny Young and Martha Schley Smith ’12. She is currently wrapping up her second master’s in education leader-

ship from George Mason University.

Heather Marianne McTague: In March 2020, she was tasked with finding an online platform for her adult eel school to use for teaching and then put in charge of all online teaching. She was looking forward to teaching kids aged six through fourteen how to code and create their own video games during summer camp for the second summer in a row but will have to wait until next summer because of the pandemic.

She is looking forward to teaching her first non-credit class in flash fiction at Temple University this fall.

Elizabeth “Ebie” Baker Starling married Jason Starling on May 4, 2019. Amelia McDaniel ’94, Virginia Edahl Molan ’10, Maggie Balderston and Nell Malbon were in attendance. Evie currently works with Amelia at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, where so many amazing Sweet Briar women are members.

Agnes Sabatt Working has been an engineering consultant for the pharmaceutical industry over the past eight years which has been both challenging and rewarding. She’s had the opportunity to learn many new skills as well as live in interesting places such as Atlanta and currently upstate NY. About four of those years she’s worked at Merck and will be starting another position, as a business analyst/technical writer, in June. She also just graduated with a MS in entrepreneurship and emerging industries from Syracuse University in May.

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Leah Jean Haas, daughter of Amanda Strickland ’09, was born Feb. 18, 2020

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2012

Carol Ferguson 978 Ravine Drive Villa Hills, KY 41017 ferguson12@sbc.edu

Oliver Lindsay Noble, son of Lindsay Davis Noble ’13

Lucy Spangler, daughter of Greer Gordon ’12, in her vixen pants

Greer Gordon was able to see Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11 before COVID exploded and Michigan was quarantined. But her biggest excitement came in the form of a little red-headed Vixen who joined the family in June. Louise “Lucy” Spangler is fierce like a Sweet Briar woman with the lung capacity of an Earphone. Her grandma even got her a set of Vixen pants, stating that the key to indoctrination is to start early! Congratulations, Greer!

Emily Jones Dent is now teaching STEM lab to elementary students and working on a master’s degree from Florida Tech.

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Jackie Montero-Sharpe 4949 Shannon Rd Kents Store, VA 23084 jackiemontero@gmail.com

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Lindsay Davis Noble and family welcomed 9 lb. 8oz Oliver Lindsay Noble on April 15, 2020.

Yuliya Rigg Cormier, husband Nathan and their pup, Vixen, recently relocated to outside of Indianapolis. Yuliya is still with Earlham College Admissions but has transitioned into the assistant director of on-campus recruitment programs.

In Dec. 2019, Jenness Gough graduated from the Alexander

Briseño Leadership program as one of 50 that got selected this year for the six-month program. In Dec., she was selected to be a member of Leadership San Antonio’s 45th class, which will now be the longest class ever and run into 2021. Finally, in Jan. 2020, Jenness started her own charcuterie and cheese board company called Cheese & Honey!

Just after celebrating their twoyear wedding anniversary, Paige Tisher Carothers and her husband welcomed their twin boys, Collier Thomas and Knox William, to their family on June 1, 2020.

2014

Elizabeth Kilgallin 1812 Fifth St. NW Washington, DC 20001 kilgallin14@sbc.edu Bethany Dearden recently started a new job at Veeva Systems in talent acquisition. They build enterprise cloud software for the life sciences, so she also gets to use her biology degree.

Jacquie Oliver was engaged to Luke Kohart in Nov. 2019. She recently graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School’s physician assistant program with Pi Alpha honors and is working in general and urgent care medicine in Virginia Beach.

Elizabeth Kilgallin was engaged to Andrew Harnik in May ’20. To get through quarantine, they got a puppy named Scout! She works as a producer at the Markham Group in Washington, DC, and during COVID has been volunteering on Project N95’s communications team.

Mary Earnhart has been with the federal government for four years

in the office of contracting and procurement for DHS/TSA. She got her master’s in public policy from George Mason. She is working with Sarah Brazell ’12 to find/buy her first place.

Kari Hamlet moved to Nashville in 2017. She has purchased a house and gotten a new job in spine surgery medical device sales.

Olivia Smith has been living in Austin, TX, since May 2019. She has worked for a payroll/HR software company, Justworks, for 2.5 years. She is switching to a product management role and will be moving back to NYC in 2021.

Kati Decker Wood married Dr. Charles Garrett Wood in Feb. ’20 and they just purchased their second veterinary practice in Charlottesville.

She has started her own consulting business for small business owners looking to improve their marketing strategies.

Victoria Eisenmann got her MAT at SBC and then moved to rural SC to teach fourth grade for two years. In 2017, she moved to Atlanta on a leap of faith and has been teaching special education at a low-income school ever since. She has become certified to teach gifted students, mentor, coach, and support new teachers, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in special education and should be writing her dissertation this time next year!

Amanda Wager moved to Cleveland, OH, after graduating and worked at a nonprofit for a few years before starting law school in 2017.

She graduated in May ’20 and is currently studying for the Bar! Adrianna LaCandia moved back to Chicago and worked in the beverage industry for almost four years.

She applied to work in her dream industry which moved her to KY. She was able to use her chemistry degree in her past positions and is currently a distillery supervisor at Wild Turkey Distillery (be sure to let her know when you’re visiting the bourbon trail). In July ’20 she will close on her first home.

Annie Imbrie moved to Seoul, South Korea, after graduating to teach English for two years. Next, she was in Costa Rica to work for the Peace Corps, and since then she’s been living in Dublin, Ireland, where she just received her master’s in international business from University College Dublin.

Katherine Clark Bishop married Jeff Bishop in 2017. She would also like to announce that since graduation, she has gotten way more attractive.

Sloane Victor Bly married Jon Bly in 2017. They welcomed their son, Holden Tommy Bly, in 2020.

Megan Link Freeman married Bobby Freeman in 2018. In 2020, they welcomed their son, Robert “Beau” Wayne Freeman III. Courtney Selvage lives in Derry, Northern Ireland, and will finish her PhD at the University of Ulster in 2022. She received her MA in Celtic/medieval studies from University College Cork in 2016 and University of Toronto in 2017. She has three publications coming out late 2020/ early 2021, has started working on a new Irish translation project and has been an editor for an academic journal since 2017.

Sabrina Marth Graybill got married in Nov. 2019 and is completely obsessed with being a stepmom. She has been the director of operations for a youth development nonprofit for over two years. She plans to begin law school in fall 2021 with the long-term goal of being a defense lawyer, with a focus on criminal appeals.

Alex Yerkes lived up the barn manager life before going to Virginia Tech and graduating in 2020 as a veterinarian. She lives in MD and is currently working exclusively with horses at her dream job.

Emily Cochran has stayed local to the Charlottesville area. For the last two years she has worked as a program director managing projects for Fortune 500 clients at WillowTree, a digital app agency. On the weekends, when not hanging out with her dog, Bailey, she enjoys getting back in the saddle riding for a local guide service company offering horseback trail rides through vineyards.

Tyesha West started a new job in Dec. 2019 as a validation analyst with Boyd Caton Group, Inc., a woman-owned consulting firm in Charlottesville. The job mostly entails validating annual reports for the Federal Transit Administration’s National Transit Database. Some of her favorite work projects have been creating a glossary for the 2020 Policy Manual and helping create a manual for the technical help desk.

Aside from giving her dog, Button,

CLASS NOTES beach in Puerto Rico and one property in Mallorca, Spain, which they both live in and rent as vacation rentals! Apart from real estate endeavors, she co-founded (with her partner) an international education company called Diversity Global. They provide access to meaningful international experiences for college/university students, particularly those who would not otherwise have the opportunity, and students from under-represented groups. They teach and cultivate a variety of marketable as well as practical skills and traits through the international experience, including (but not limited to): language skills, financial literacy, confidence, cross-cultural communication and humility. The aim is to promote a culture of global citizenship among program participants, and to use these experiences to encourage leadership on the local, regional, national and international level. Operating across five continents, the work continues to take them across the globe.

It’s been a labor of love that never stops giving. Lambda says, “I never saw myself doing anything that I’m involved in now, but I couldn’t imagine doing anything else.”

Nina R. Rezai graduated in Dec. with a master’s in public administration from ODU. She works for Campbell County local government in public works and recently started a new role as the manager of economic development. She has enjoyed staying in this area since she grew up here, and she also spends time volunteering with the Junior League.

After graduating, Melanie Rinehart got her Master of Library Science with a specialization in archives and rare books at Indiana University Bloomington. In 2016, she started her first job with New York Historical Society as an assistant archivist at their Time, Inc., Archive. In May 2019, after two and a half years at NYHS, she moved to Philadelphia to start her dream job as an archivist at the American Philosophical Society, which was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743!

Becca Merves earned her certificate from the NYU Summer Publishing Institute and is currently doing freelance work with a literary agency. After living in NYC for five years, she recently moved to southwest FL, where she is enjoying new adventures.

Olivia Hurt Herndon married

Hunter Herndon in 2016. They have welcomed two sons, Hobson and Baird.

2016

Julia Friend Eckstine 18642 Manor Church Rd. Boonsboro, MD 21713 eckstine16@sbc.edu Madeleine Coleman graduated June 13, 2020, from Oregon State University in Oregon Health and Science University College of Pharmacy with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. She has relocated to eastern OR to work as a float pharmacist for Safeway Pharmacy in Pendleton, OR. Megan Johnston is currently employed by Virginia Tech Department of Agriculture & Life Sciences.

She works with the family nutrition program and is stationed in Charlottesville, VA, where she delivers nutrition education to low income youth across the city. She is currently working on a master’s program in nutrition in hopes of becoming a registered dietitian.

Emily Dallas started working as an environmental scientist for an environmental consulting firm in her home state of New Jersey in Dec. 2018. She is also almost finished converting a retired school bus into a tiny home, and plans to live in it fulltime. She hopes this will enable her to fulfill her lifelong dream of living literally anywhere except New Jersey.

Julia Eckstine is currently a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, where she is completing a MS in clinical mental health counseling. She is also working at an inpatient psychiatric hospital as a mental health associate and hopes to continue working with adolescent clients in the future as licensed therapist. Since moving from Lynchburg, VA, back to her home state of MD in 2018, she has enjoyed the opportunity to get back into riding and showing horses again.

2017

Grace Culley culleyge11@gmail.com Shelby Macurak got married Sept. 14, 2019, and graduated from the University of Scran-

Megan Johnston ’16 (left) and Jessica Lusby ’17 (right) channeling their inner 90’s style for a community photo contest

ton with master’s in healthcare administration in Dec. 2019!

In all the craziness of this year, Jennifer Johnson has been promoted within the Florida Department of Revenue, bought a new house, and been accepted to the MBA program at Florida State University! She is looking forward to starting some home projects and working on her master’s degree later this year.

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Cassandra Fenton 1128 Hermitage Rd., Apt. 211 Richmond, VA 23220 fenton18@sbc.edu Shelby Benny: “I am in my final year of law school at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, and I am happy to be roommates once more with Jessie Schuster ’17! Jessie is also a third-year law student at UF, and it’s been so wonderful to have a fellow Vixen here in FL. When I am not in class, you can find me teaching hunter/jumper lessons and working with a local sport horse breeding program. After graduation, I plan to work as a public defender and join my partner in Jacksonville, FL, where he works as a prosecutor.”

Emily Dodson: “Back in January, I started a new job back at our beloved alma mater in the alumnae office. I am so thrilled to have moved back to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and I am living in Lynchburg with my fiancé Miles Sadler (HSC ’17) and our dog, Rupert. We have settled into the new area by regularly visiting the local farmer’s market and

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extra snuggles, she’s also spent quarantine learning calligraphy, reading and journaling.

Murphy Owen Blackwell married Austin Blackwell in March of 2017. She teaches third grade in a small private school in her hometown. They welcomed their precious baby boy, Owen, in Jan. 2018 and are expecting a baby girl in Aug.! She is finishing her master’s in education from Liberty University.

Caroline Lacy attended The College of William and Mary School of Education and earned a MEd in school counseling. She is currently living in Mechanicsville, VA, and just wrapped up year three of working as a high school counselor. In May, she became engaged to Sean Reddy.

Jodi Fritz moved to CA and currently lives in Silicon Valley. She is a project engagement manager for TEKsystems, a technical services company supporting Facebook.

She is also a fitness instructor and teaches classes with Barre. She got married last year in Cabo and while she and her husband have no human children yet, their Pug and Bernese Mountain Dog are very much their babies.

Catherine Freeman and fiancé, Turner Whitworth, were set to get married this June but, like many others, had to postpone their wedding due to coronavirus. They currently live in Richmond with their three (fur) children: cats, Bitty and Benjamin, and rambunctious lab, Charlie.

After Sweet Briar, she graduated in 2017 from law school at W&L and now practices corporate law in the structured finance and securitization group at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. She spent her last year of law school working in the Death Penalty Clinic and liked it so much she decided to continue helping indigent defendants with wrongful conviction claims (many of whom are on death row or are serving life sentences) through pro bono work with the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project.

Lambda Green says one of her best decisions was to move to Puerto Rico in 2016 after buying a house there sight unseen! That sparked an interest for DIY rehabbing and renovating formally abandoned properties on the island; there’s something beautiful about taking a place that nobody wanted and transforming it into a commodity. She and her partner, George, own two homes by the

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CLASS NOTES

Class of 1950

Lea Bennett – Alumnae Relations & Development PO Box 1057, Sweet Briar, VA 24595 lbennett@sbc.edu

Class of 1951

Lea Bennett – Alumnae Relations & Development PO Box 1057, Sweet Briar, VA 24595 lbennett@sbc.edu

Class of 1957

Carol McMurtry Fowler carol@curnon.net

Class of 1959

Lea Bennett – Alumnae Relations & Development PO Box 1057, Sweet Briar, VA 24595 lbennett@sbc.edu Sweet Briar participants in the wedding of Emily Melson ’18. From left to right: Caroline Thomas ’19, Syrena Falkengren ’18, Katie Hawk ’21, Emily Hawk Melson ’18, Emily Dodson ’18 and Courtney Barry ’18

Class of 1974

Bonnie Chronowski Brophy b.c.brophy@comcast.net enjoying the parks and our big backyard! We cannot wait for our wedding on Oct. 10 in Richmond, I am sure it will be a joyous occasion with lots of Vixen and Tiger spirit!”

Emily Hawk Melson: “I married Sam Melson (HSC ’18) on June 27, 2020. I had several SBC alumnae in my wedding including Caroline Thomas ’19, Syrena Falkengren, Katie Hawk ’21, Emily Dodson and Courtney Barry.”

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Cecilia Mahan 508 S Boundary St. Williamsburg, VA 23185 Mahan19@sbc.edu

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Mikia Hundley works as a creative content manager for SecureGive, a software company that provides digital giving to churches and nonprofits. She also nannies after work as a side hustle to help pay off her student loans. In her free time, she loves trips to Chick-Fil- A, and spoiling Cody Jo with belly rubs and cuddles, as deserved.

Caroline Thomas relocated three times with her company, Sherwin Williams Automotive. She started as a management trainee at Sherwin and is now a branch manager in Newport News, VA. She also got engaged last Sept. and is hoping to start planning the wedding soon!

Emma Rummel works for the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice in Louisville. She is purchasing a condo at the end of Aug.!

Amelia Currin injured her back and hip in a fall off of her horse and is recovering and attending physical therapy. She has put her other plans on pause to recover!

Nicole Sabovik lives in Richmond with her rescue, Mona. She also took in an elderly abandoned dog named Maple and gave her all the love in her last days.

Chanel Friedrich worked as a raft guide in NC, went to CO for the winter and returned to being a raft guide in NC after COVID-19 shut down ski resorts.

Aoife Magner says she is “thrilled to be working for Lilly Pulitzer as a manager at their Washington, DC, Georgetown location. Vixens are always welcome!”

Emily Schlosberg started riding professionally with Peg Seals at Freedom Farm.

Jade Smith works as a teacher’s assistant at an adult education center in Lynchburg, VA. She is studying for the GRE and hoping to apply to business school in France for next fall.

Ailish Rhoades works as the international admissions counselor at SBC and has started house hunting!

Brittany Bradshaw works in guest services at TopGolf and is trying different positions in different

areas of work to find where she fits best!

Anne Meyer moved to CO in Jan. 2020, where she works as an imagery systems engineer for Maxar Technologies, a major satellite imaging company. She has also been actively competing with her horse over the summer in the Colorado Hunter Jumper Association.

Sam Baker returned to CA after graduating and works for Talbots while figuring out her plans for graduate school!

Maya White Wade got married on July 6, 2020, and moved to the DC area to pursue her law degree.

This spring she decided law is not for her, and she is currently in the process of applying to MPH Programs so she can work in public health.

Heather Lakner currently lives in Annapolis, MD, and transitioned into a support role at Morgan Stanley’s Mclean, VA, office. She recently passed her FINRA Series 7 and 66 exams!

Olivia Byrd just finished her time at the Consumer Technology Association as the diversity initiatives intern. She is currently looking for her next position in the DMV area.

I am starting my second year of law school in the fall at William & Mary, and I will be getting an MBA there as well in the dual degree program.

Class of 1989

Emmy Leung fan-han@prodigy.net

Class of 1991

Allene Doucette allenedoucette@gmail.com

Class of 1992

Amy Peck Driscoll apdriscoll@verizon.net

Class of 1994

Lenora Farrington farringtonlenora@gmail.com

Class of 1997

Melanie Vracas mevracas@comcast.net

Class of 2001

Meredith Taylor Eads meredithk8eads@yahoo.com

Class of 2003

Nicole Crowder swtnic@gmail.com

Class of 2015

Lea Gray graylm27@gmail.com

Class of 2020

Jordan Sack jordan.adams.sack@gmail.com

DONOR HONOR ROLL

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2019-2020 • JULY 1, 2019–JUNE 30, 2020 The Visionary Society recognizes and honors our largest donors with gifts in one year totaling $1,000,000 or more.

Anonymous (2) Schwab Charitable

MONUMENT SOCIETY

The Monument Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $500,000–$999,999.

Anonymous (3) Richard C. Colton, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Fitzpatrick III (Kelley Manderson Fitzpatrick, ’85)

DELL SOCIETY

The Dell Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $100,000–$499,999.

Anonymous (2) Blair C. Balmer Alice Cary Farmer Brown ’59 Estate of Ruth Simpson Carrington ’21* Anne Taylor Quarles Doolittle ’78 Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Frances and John Morse Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund

The Hadley and Marion Stuart Foundation Winborne Leigh Hamlin ’58 Estate of Elizabeth Gurley Hewson ’46* Martha C. Holland ’72 Holland-Iribe Family Foundation Judith Haskell Brewer Fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Keenan Colton Kelsey ’66 Catherine Lignelli Cornelia Long Matson ’58 Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Mitchell (Virginia Cates Mitchell ’63) Frances Kirven Morse ’68 John Nau William M. Passano, Jr. H’55 (Helen Addington Passano ’55*) Kay Parham Picha ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. Muser Estate of Elizabeth Pinkerton Scott ’36* Nan M. Stuart ’75 Mildred Newman Thayer ’61 W. L. Lyons Brown, Jr. Charitable Foundation Elizabeth C. Walbridge ’72 Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges

COLUMN SOCIETY

The Column Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $50,000–$99,999.

Katherine W. Bienvenu Charitable Trust (Estate of Katherine Washburn Bienvenu*) Sarah Porter Boehmler ’65 Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49 Martin S. Brown* Estate of Ernestine M. Chandler ’44* Donna Pearson Josey Chapman ’64 Community Enterprises, Inc. Heather Colson Ewing ’90 Sarah Mott Freeman ’76 Sarah Dabbs Fryer ’72 Allison Roberts Greene ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Griffin (Elizabeth Pearson Griffin ’62) Estate of Dorothy Compton Marks Herbruck ’51* Kathryn Trogdon Hightower ’67 Estate of Esther Jett Holland ’43* John and Sarah Freeman Foundation Josey Foundation Susan C. Kesey Mary Scales Lawson ’70 The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Harriet Wall Martin ’65 Virginia W. Milam Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57 Patricia P. Pusey ’60 Letitia Sanders ’62 Claude Becker Wasserstein ’82

Anonymous The Atticus Trust

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

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VISIONARY SOCIETY

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DONOR HONOR ROLL FOUNTAIN SOCIETY

The Fountain Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $7,500–$49,999.

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Anonymous (3) Anonymous Member of the Class of 1978 Accutype Services, Inc. Parry Ellice Adam ’62 The Al Stroobants Foundation American Endowment Foundation Sarah G. Babcock ’83 Barbara Gracey Backer ’71 Bama Rags Recordings, LLC Ann Ritchey Baruch ’62 Mary Brush Bass ’62 Leslie Basten and David D. Basten Charla Borchers-Leon ’81 Elinor Plowden Boyd ’74 Amy Gibbs Brown ’99 Eleanor Sledge Burke ’64 The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. (Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss ’61) David N. Carne (Barbara Hastings Carne ’69*) Eugenie W. Carr ’68 Catherine and William J. Cabaniss Advised Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Mr. and Mrs. F. Hudnall Christopher, Jr. (Claire Cannon ’58) Clara Weiss Fund Nan Robertson Clarke ’73 Jeannette Singleton Cloyd ’75 Bonnie C. Cord ’66 Cord Charitable Foundation Nancy Webb Corkery ’81 Melinda Treutle Courtland ’79 Jane Ellis Covington ’60 Lucy H. Coyle ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cross (Anne Frothingham Cross ’66) Estate of Lynne Smith Crow ’64* Susan Andrews Cruess ’79 Laura L. Crum ’79 Betty Rae Sivalls Davis ’58 Mary DuBois Mimi Galloway Duncan ’42 Jane R. Dure ’82 Putnam Mundy Ebinger ’70 Lucy Boyd Lemon Edmunds ’63 EOS Foundation Fiduciary Charitable Foundation Max G. Fink Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57 Martha S. Fruehauf ’80

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Caroline Chobot Garner ’54 Ann Gateley ’70 Susan Stephens Geyer ’74 Robert L. Gipson Ann Winfree Gooch ’66 Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation (Calvin and Virginia Cox Fund, James Gilliam Conrad Fund, and Charles F. Stevens Fund) Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 and Luther T. Griffith Mary Sutherland Gwinn ’65 Cassandra Streett Hamrick ’66 Mary Elizabeth Hannah ’62 Adelaide H. Hapala Ashton Williams Harrison ’75 The Harrison Foundation Karen J. Hartnett ’70 Eleanor Frank Hazard ’81 Katherine A. Hearn ’85 The Helen S. and Charles G. Patterson, Jr. Charitable Foundation Trust Katherine Powell Heller ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Helm, Jr. ’66 Sandra G. Herring ’74 Katharine Pauley Hickok ’72 Kathy Jackson Howe ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Leverett Hubbard, Jr. Rose Montgomery Johnston ’56 JRD Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Katherine J. and Harold R. Howe, Jr. Donor Advised Fund of Foundation For The Carolinas Mary A. Kelley ’70 Jane Johnson Kent ’48 Kenton and Amy Brown Fund, a donor-advised fund of The Winston-Salem Foundation Susan Walton Klaveness ’76 Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer ’64 Estate of Elizabeth Mears Kurtz ’58* Min Ho Kwaan ’60 Helen Murchison Lane ’46 Estate of Alice F. Laubach ’35* Deirdre A. Leland ’68 Leonard G. Herring Family Foundation Virginia Sheaff Liddel ’52 Lisa Wray Longino ’78 and George F. Longino III Luther and Claire Griffith Foundation Susan Jahn Mancini ’64 Marie G. Dennett Foundation Mary E. Hannah Charitable Gift Fund of TIAA Charitable Inc Matthew & Genevieve Mezzanotte Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Ashley Harper Matthews ’96 and Dave Matthews McNair Currie Maxwell ’63 Tia Campbell McMillan ’66 Lynne Pottharst McMillan ’69 Rebecca Towill McNair ’60 Margot Saur Meyer ’60 Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Helm, Jr. Fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville Susan Lykes Mueller ’70 Gillian Munson Munson White Family Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund June Speight Myers ’87 NCAA Jane W. Nelson ’66 Norfolk Southern Foundation Michelle L. O’Neill ’85 Joanne Holbrook Patton ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley F. Pauley The Pauley Family Foundation Kathleen Garcia Pegues ’71 Perkins-Prothro Foundation Charlotte Prothro Philbin ’95 Estate of Virginia Noyes Pillsbury ’44* The Quarterdeck Foundation Louise Weston Rainey ’74 Ann Wesley Ramsey ’75 Estate of Ann F. Rawley* and James Rawley* Diana D. Robin ’57 The Rose Montgomery Johnston Family Foundation Mason Bennett Rummel ’83 Betty Rau Santandrea ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Whitney G. Saunders (Ellen Harrison Saunders ’75) Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club of Atlanta Frances Dornette Schafer ’70 Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64 Jane Reeb Short ’74 The Sledge Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Smiley Sarah Anderson Stanton ’89 Leslie Corrado Stillwagon ’88 Christina A. Svoboda ’84 Marianne Oliveri Svoboda ’60 Katherine Upchurch Takvorian ’72 TIAA Charitable Inc Tianaderrah Foundation Jane (Kitchie) Roseberry Tolleson ’52* Gail Rothrock Trozzo ’64 Mary Murray Trussell ’55 U.S. Department of Agriculture

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BOXWOOD CIRCLE SOCIETY

The Boxwood Circle Society, Sweet Briar’s oldest gift society, recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $2,500–$7,499.

Anonymous (3) Katherine Cann Akers ’73 Leslie Carson Albizzatti ’90 Margaret Ryan Ale ’76 American Psychological Foundation (APF) C’Anne Anderson ’68 Harriette Hodges Andrews ’53 Susan Spurrell Andrews ’91 The Argo Foundation Sally Twedell Bagley ’67 Brenda Muhlinghaus Barger ’65 Rebecca Carter Barger ’81 Victoria Bates ’74 Jane Roulston Beaver ’62 Colleen Bradley Bell ’89 Ruth Marshall Bell ’67 Cynthia A. Beller ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. Benjamin Heidi A. Benson ’05 Kristin Farris Bergquist ’03 Drusilla Hall Bishop ’78 Clare Newman Blanchard ’60 Bob and Holly Ulrich Fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Claire Borrelli

Martha L. Boudreau ’79 Nancy Fleshman Bowles ’62 Elizabeth Rodgers Boyd ’84 Mary Jane Hipp Brock ’70 Antoinette Christian Brown ’78 Mary Lanman Brown ’50 The Bruce Ford Brown Memorial Trust Margaret Price Bruno ’83 Anne Cogswell Burris ’75 Ethel Ogden Burwell ’58 Carla Pellegrino Cabot ’84 W. D. Campbell Insurance Suzanne Jones Cansler ’63 Georgia Graham Carroll ’66 Carter-Barger Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Gaston County, Inc. Elizabeth Dickson Frenzel Casalini ’82 Latta Chapman Charles Jago Elder Foundation, Inc. Charles W. and Kristin A. Swain Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Heather L. C. Aspinwall Chiles ’95 Christopher Fund, a donor-advised fund of The Winston-Salem Foundation Glenys Dyer Church ’73 ClearIt, LLC Sarah Preston Clement ’75 Heather Tully Click ’70 The Coca-Cola Company Colleen & Bradley Bell Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Virginia Upchurch Collier ’72 The Comegys Bight Charitable Foundation Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept of Forestry Courtney Willard Conger ’53 Deirdre S. Conley ’72 Christine Strous Conner ’63 Barbara Bush Cooper ’81 Ann Kiley Crenshaw ’76 Cullen Crispen Nannette McBurney Crowdus ’57 Thomas I. Crowell (Mary Wheat Crowell ’42*) Jane McKenzie Davis ’03 Christine Witcover Dean ’68 Janet Myers Deans ’77 Direxa Dick Dearie ’67 Virginia S. deBuys ’64 Lisa E. Diard Anne Kinsey Dinan ’68 Alice Warner Donaghy ’62 The Dorothy Kopmeier Vallier Foundation Diana Muldaur Dozier ’60

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Dr. Margaret Norris, UBS Donor-Advised Fund, administered by National Philanthropic Trust Renee Dupre Dugan ’00 Cathleen Brooke Dunkle ’85 Celia Williams Dunn ’61 Virginia Jago Elder ’53* Martha Meehan Elgar ’67 Helen Scribner Euston ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Fallon (Patricia Dolph Fallon ’84) Patricia Dolph Fallon ’84 Mary Fleming Willis Finlay ’66 Anne Riordan Flaherty ’78 Judith Brown Fletcher ’71 Cathy Patton Foose ’78 Foundation For The Carolinas Gale Rogers Fortebuono ’64 Four G’s Charitable Trust Mary Carter Frackelton ’72 Mary Frank Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74 Natalie Roberts Funk ’66 Heather MacLeod Gale ’75 Virginia Del Greco Galgano ’64 Michele A. Gargano ’88 Eileen P. Gebrian ’72 Louise Jones Geddes ’84 Katherine A. Gibson ’83 Mary Ware Gibson ’83 Mark W. Gilkey The Glenridge Charitable Foundation, Inc. Ann Martin Gonya ’85 Wayne Stokes Goodall ’48 Jane H. Goodridge ’63 Mary Pederson Grum ’65 Mary Elmore Harrell ’64 Elizabeth Trueheart Harris ’49 Laurel Lea Harvey ’90 Beverley Crispin Heffernan ’75 Jacqueline Geets Henry ’92 The Henry Foundation Henry Laird Smith Foundation Anne Day Herrmann ’64 Jessica M. Hiveley ’97 Renate Weickert Hixon ’60 Linda Schwaab Hodges ’65 Janet Storey Honick ’73 Lesley Bissell Hoopes ’68 Ashby Clark Hopkins ’85 Dr. and Mrs. Philip D. Houck Jing Wang Huang ’68 Mary Pope M. Hutson ’83 Carol Dickson Jahnke ’86

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Georgene M. Vairo ’72 Anne Hinshaw Vanderweil ’68 Vanguard Charitable Jane Tatman Walker ’60 Marion F. Walker ’72 Judith Atkins Wall ’61* Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55 Still Waters Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Gwendolyn Weiner ’62 Betty S. Weiss Hedi Haug White ’64 Thomas E. White Florence Barclay Winston ’57 Meredith Woo Woodland Foundation Cecilia Kirby Wraase ’74 Wraase Family Foundation of Greater Washington Community Foundation Susan Snodgrass Wynne ’72 Wynne Family Fund of Hampton Roads Community Foundation Suzanne Weaver Zimmer ’85

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James Lennane Fund 2 of the Sacramento Region Community Foundation Jane Feltus Welch Fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville Elizabeth Washabaugh Jarvis ’75 John S. and Katharine W. Orton Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Grace Butler Johnson ’66 Ann Thrash Jones ’78 Phyllis Watt Jordan ’80 Keeley Sullivan Jurgovan ’92 Janet Hutchison Karpowicz ’70 Jean Felty Kenny ’53 Margaret Waters Keriakos ’67 Bonnie Kestner Kevin & Anne Flaherty Family Fund at H. Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin Younghee Kim-Wait Sally Old Kitchin ’76 Ann Stuart McKie Kling ’74 The Kling Family Fund Brooke Patterson Koehler ’65 Shapleigh Donnelly LaPointe ’86 Mary Anne Van Dervoort Large ’57 Latta Chapman donor-advised fund of Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc. Ann Tremain Lee ’69 Debra A. Lee ’90 Ava Lennane

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Linda P. Maggard, L.P. Maggard Foundation Marcia Pace Lindstrom ’66 Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81 Love Wins, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Susan Posey Ludeman ’80 Margot Mabie Mary Rhoda Mabry ’80 Linda Poole Maggard ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Magruder (Ella Hanson Magruder ’75) Helene Bauer Magruder ’57 Blanchette Chappell Maier ’73 Karen L. Malmquist ’90 Anne Baldwin Mann ’78 Mary F. Miller, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mary Lane and John K. Sullivan Charitable Fund of Vanguard Charitable Antonia Bredin Massie ’77 Matchstick Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Andrew S. McAllister Margaret Graves McClung ’53 Gardner V. McCormick (Pamela Drake McCormick ’72*) Estate of Martha Hoffman McCoy ’44* Mary Lee McDonald ’65 The MCF Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Harriet Kendrick Pascoe McFadden ’82

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

McFadden Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Karen Jaffa Mc Goldrick ’79 James M. McKinnon Marjorie Rebentisch McLemore ’70 Dorothy Woods McLeod ’58 Anne Milbank Mell ’71 Mary Fitzhugh Miller ’64 Sue Lawton Mobley ’55 Morgan Stanley GIFT Betty Booker Morriss ’66 Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, President Emerita Estate of Helen Turner Murphy ’56* Kathleen Bailey Nager ’53 National Philanthropic Trust National Trust for Historic Preservation Mary Burwell Nesbit ’56 Newcastle Foundation Margaret deLashmutt Newlyn ’62 Linda Sims Newmark ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Kent Newmark (Pat Winton Newmark ’69) Lindsay Smith Newsom ’67 Ju-Ren Ngiam ’14 Margaret Swann Norris ’45 The Northrop Grumman Foundation Lamar Ellis Oglesby ’54 Gail Robins O’Quin ’67 Katharine Wilson Orton ’75 Carol Barnard Ottenberg ’60

DONOR HONOR ROLL Meredith Thompson Sullivan ’74 Virginia Wood Susi ’04 Grace E. Suttle ’60 Kristin Amylon Swain ’74 Penelope S. Tadler ’91 Margaret Cromwell Taliaferro ’49 Ann B. Tedards ’70 MarySue Morrison Thomas ’72 Eleanor St. Clair Thorp ’58 Virginia Hudson Toone ’53 Christine Corcoran Trauth ’85 Twin Myrtle Corporation Holly Silsand Ulrich ’81 Margaret West Valentine ’55 Norma Stieh Bulls Valentine ’93 Katherine Kummer Varughese ’03 Vincent S. and Nancy P. Jones Advised Fund 1 at the Rochester Area Community Foundation Sarah P. vonRosenberg ’72 Wendy Igleheart Walker ’78 Anne English Wardwell ’65 Jane Oxner Waring ’58 Margaret Smith Warner ’58 Katharine McCardell Webb ’70 Pamela S. Weekes ’83 Wendy Weiler ’71 Ellen L. Weinberg ’87 Jane Feltus Welch ’55 Wells Fargo & Co Pamela Hellmuth Wiegandt ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Wilcoxson Elizabeth Harley Willett ’84 Elizabeth Plunkett Williams ’48 Lois Peterson Wilson ’26* Ariana Jones Wittke ’46 Johanna Yaple Wolski ’70 Diane Duffield Wood ’57 Dana Dewey Woody ’58

OAK SOCIETY

The Oak Society recognizes and honors donors with gifts in one year totaling $1,000–$2,499.

Anonymous (2) Ramona K. Akins ’77 Cecilia C. Albert ’72 Heather Pirnie Albert ’82 AmazonSmile Foundation American Online Giving Foundation-Benevity Elizabeth Edwards Anderson ’70 Judith B. Anderson Kelley Dize Anderson ’99 Lucy Otis Anderson ’63 The Ann and Frank Cahouet Foundation Florence Pye Apy ’53

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Victoria L. Archer ’81 Pamela Henery Arey ’71 Sallie Bernard Armstrong ’76 Jan Huguenin Assmus ’69 The Atlantic Services Group Charitable Trust Ashley Randle Averell ’75 A. Hopie Carter Avery ’94 Russell Bailey and Anne Lowrey Irving W. Bailey II Benjamin S. Baker (Susanne Nifong Baker ’97*) Katherine Barrett Baker ’83 Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Baker Dorothy Tobin Baldwin ’44 Mary Fran Brown Ballard ’49 Dorothy A. Bannish ’55 Katherine Fons Barkley ’87 Nella Gray Barkley ’55 Florence Rowe Barnick ’80 Marianne Muse Beard ’60 Carol S. Bebb ’74 Brandi Beck ’90 Amanda M. Beller ’08 Sophie MacKenzie Belouet ’68 Mary Jane Berry ’73 Claudia K. Berryhill ’72 The Betty Bentsen Winn Foundation Theresa Birch-Beard ’85 Barbara Blair D. DeAnne Blanton ’85 Ann Young Bloom ’59 BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Suzanne Edinger Boas ’68 Diane Dunaway Boles ’82 Mary Morris Gamble Booth ’50 Barbara Sampson Borsch ’59 Mary Blair Both ’65 Desiree M. Bouchat ’83 Christine Davis Boulware ’77 Lee Carollo Boyes ’78 Eleanor Boylston and Benjamin C. Boylston Boylston Family Fund of Coastal Community Foundation of SC Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Bradford Anne S. Briber ’69 Beatrice Totten Britton ’65 Mary-Dame Stubbs Broad ’50 H. Virgina Pennel Brooks ’66 Harold G. Brown Laura Lee Brown ’63 Mary Jo Biscardi Brown ’86 Rosamond Sample Brown ’64 Shirley Poulson Broyles ’54 Helen Bauer Bruckmann ’78 Jean C. von Schrader Bryan ’82

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Kathryn Taylor Paine ’99 Margaret Weimer Parrish ’76 Mollie Archer Payne ’58 Deborah Haslam Peniston ’66 PepsiCo Foundation Greta Barksdale Brown Peters ’66 Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Pierce, Jr. Jeannette N. Pillsbury ’72 Susan Dern Plank ’73 Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67 Florence A. Powell ’80 Anne D. Purinton ’70 Leslie Armstrong Ramsey ’72 Renaissance Charitable Foundation, Inc. Carol Reifsnyder Rhoads ’65 The Richard Foundation Olga N. Rigg ’04 and David L. Rigg Lynne Riley-Coleman ’64 Mary Cosby Rinehart ’61 Norma Neblett Roadcap ’76 Sarah Archibald Roberts ’83 Stacey J. Rogers Lynn Kahler Shirey ’76 Rouse-Bottom Foundation Elizabeth Beltz Rowe ’48 Traylor Rucker ’65 Sallie F. Scarborough ’75 Katherine A. Schlech ’70 Marylew Redd Schmieg ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Parker Selbert Jane Russo Sheehan ’52 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sherman (R. Anne Pankoski Sherman ’96) Anne Ross Shipe ’75 Hannah J. Silva ’05 Courtney Arnott Silverthorn ’03 Amy A. Simmons ’86 Jana Portman Simmons ’82 Sarah Garrison Skidmore ’56 Elizabeth Gallo Skladal ’58 Susan Hendricks Slayman ’60 Ellen S. Smith ’87 Holly L. Smith ’72 Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12 Wendy Weiss Smith ’71 Erin E. Sobotta ’99 Soren, LLC Southwestern Energy Ava L. Spanier ’86 Anne Stanley ’64 Renata Sterling ’73 Katherine Haskell Subramanian ’63 Kay Pierce Sugarbaker ’93 Mary Lane Bryan Sullivan ’58

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Heather Shettle Buerger ’88 Susan Heitmiller Busch ’78 Mary M. Buxton ’73 Jean Shaw Byrne ’65 C H Herbert Fund of Vanguard Charitable Margaret Wadman Cafasso ’61 Ann Walsh Cahouet ’54 Craig J. Cain Eugenia Dickey Caldwell ’65 Rushton Haskell Callaghan ’86 Helen S. Camblos ’70 L. Clay Camp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Campbell Jodi and Gary Canfield Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cantfil Christie Cardon ’96 Estate of Mary Cooke Carle ’59* Martha Baum Carlton ’62 Rew Price Carne ’59 Victoria White Carpenter ’72 Catherine Lanter Carrick ’96 Carrie S. Camp Foundation, Inc. Mary Leigh Woltz Carrison ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Carroll Sigrid Zirkle Carroll ’93 Susan McGettigan Carroll ’77 Elizabeth Stanly Cates ’63 Elizabeth Brewer Caughman ’70 Kiera M. Cavalleri ’15 Bettye Thomas Chambers ’62 Charles L. and Carter D. McDowell Charitable Fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Lee Anne MacKenzie Chaskes ’83 Cynthia Manning Chatham ’75 Mr. and Mrs. James A. Chatt II Elizabeth Howie Christian ’89 Ingrid A. Christner ’79 Barbara Little Chuko ’64 Ginger Ryon Church ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Clark Kirkland Tucker Clarkson ’53 Clifton Foundation, Inc. Margina Dunlap Cogswell ’67 Alexandra Carpenter Cole ’58 Kelly Collins Lear ’96 The Community Foundation of Western Carolina, Inc. Barbara Tragakis Conner ’85 Elisabeth Ward Connors ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connor ( Jocelyn Palmer Connors ’62) Connors Family Fund at the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation

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Tara L. Conte ’03 Anne Peyton Cooper ’50 Martha Tisdale Cordell ’82 The Covington Family Fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Mary Cowell Sharpe ’79 Heather Swenberg Craft ’93 Craig and Emily Wall Family Foundation Paula Wirtzman Craighill ’63 Molly Rogers Cramer ’81 Margaret A. Craw ’72 Cutler Bellows Crockard ’72 Susan Bronson Croft ’64 Faith Rahmer Croker ’54 The Cromarty Foundation, Inc. Katherine N. Crowder ’03 Jaquelin Ambler Cusick ’57 Susan Holbrook Daly ’70 Charlene La Fleur Damp ’98 Lisa Buckingham Darr ’95 Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55 Patrick H. Dessart Emily Pitts Dixon ’71 Dianne Hayes Doss ’93 Dr. and Mrs. Marc Carpenter Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Kathleen Walsh Drake ’72 The Drake Family Fund at the National Philanthropic Trust Margaret McClellan Driscoll ’92 Jane Yoe Duggan ’53 Dunlap Cogswell Foundation Dunlap Williamson Youmans Fund of the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Inc. Helen C. Dunn ’64 Lynne Manov Echols ’71 Patricia Thornhill Edwards ’66 Elise W. dePapp, M.D. Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Debra A. Elkins ’93 Ellen Mitchell Redd Foundation Jacqueline Littell Ellis ’58 Elaine Jenks Emerson ’68 Michela A. English ’71 Kimberly Bramley Estep ’94 Carol Brewer Evans ’75 Marianne C. Fahs ’71 Lenora L. Farrington ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Rodger W. Fauber (Ann Sims Fauber ’64) Kimberly Harden Fella ’00 Sarah Kalber Fiedler ’66

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Elizabeth Potts Fisher ’75 Libby Harvey FitzGerald ’68 Janna Staley Fitzgerald ’61 Margaret Handly Fitzgerald ’67 Catherine M. Flaherty ’80 Jeanne Brassel Ford ’68 Heather Beck Frank ’85 Frank and Mary Roach Fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Daun Thomas Frankland ’74 The Frances Smith Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Page E. Franson ’87 Mrs. Eric G. Friberg Kelleigh Klym Friesen ’90 Kimberly Wood Fuller ’80 Gail Sims Furniss ’64 Elizabeth Moore Gardner ’58 Nancy Corson Gibbes ’60 Janet Nelson Gibson ’72 Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas Gillies Marion P. Girard ’69 Jane Piper Gleason ’74 Gail N. Glifort ’86 Mr. and Mrs. Victor R. Gold, Jr. Nancy L. Golden ’81 Barbara Paulson Goodbarn ’83 Robert Goodlatte Elizabeth Williams Gookin ’44 Valerie Gordon-Johnson ’74 Margaret Laurent Gordy ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gorman Michelle Lennane Gorman ’89 Patricia Roby Gotfredson ’84 Patricia Paterson Graham ’79 Lendon F. Gray ’71 Patricia Barnett Greenberg ’74 John Grigsby Dr. Kenneth D. Grimm Ann Morton Young Habliston ’82 K. Ellen Hagan ’81 Jane Eastin Hager ’67 Barbara M. Hale ’60 Alison S. Hall ’97 Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hall Metta Streit Halla ’55 Mary Hapala The Harbor Foundation Mr. and Mrs. L. Parker Harrell, Jr. (Adele Vogel Harrell ’62) Lynn Prior Harrington ’58 Harrell Charitable Gift Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund

DONOR HONOR ROLL Mr. and Mrs. William A. Kientz III Virginia Lynch Kiseljack ’84 Leanne Weber Kreis ’85 Amy J. Kroeger ’90 Carol A. Kroese ’74 Priscilla Blackstock Kurz ’67 Pembroke Herbert Kyle ’68 Muriel Wikswo Lambert ’66 Amy Campbell Lamphere ’80 Catharine King Laufer ’96 Mary E. LaVigne ’82 Blair Walker Lawrence ’68 Moira Erickson Lawrence ’80 Dorothy Moore Lawson ’59 Harriet Harrison Leavell ’81 Elizabeth M. Lee Virginia Bennett Leeds ’88 Ann Crowell Lemmon ’60 Ann Colston Leonard ’47 Diane M. Leslie ’73 Colleen Kuebel Lewis ’84 Marian Li ’68 Lindsay Smith Newsom Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Mr. Douglas G. Lindsey (Sara McMullen Lindsey ’47*) Douglas G. Lindsey Giving Account, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Susan Anthony Lineberry ’79 Miriam Wyse Linsky ’50 Brooke A. Linville ’04 Elizabeth Johnston Lipscomb ’59 Linda Lipscomb ’73 Suzanne Petrie Liscouski ’91 Suzanne M. Little ’68 Whitney Bolt Loeber ’88 Cheryl Harris Lofland ’79 Edna-Ann Osmanski Loftus ’72 Martha Watson Lombardy ’82 Carroll C. Long ’67 Ann Turnbull Lowry ’59 Stacy Ludington ’12 Stacy Zackowski Lukanuski ’85 Margaret Cook Lunt ’60 Cheryl Lux ’76 Jennifer Swisher Lynes ’97 Emily Crom Lyons Mr. and Mrs. John A. MacKinnon Meta Bond Magevney ’63 Sarah Mahan Mariah Smith Malik ’86 Fannie Zollicoffer Mallonee ’80 Anne Williams Manchester ’55

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Marian Li Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Margaret A. Craw Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Laura Gredys Martin ’90 Eleanor Gilmore Massie ’66 Fionna J. Matheson ’98 Barbara Offutt Mathieson ’70 Mathieson Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Louise Jenkins Maybank ’60 Gay Reddig Mayl ’55 Emily Dick McAlister ’78 Anne Stupp McAlpin ’68 Allison Jennings McCance ’64 Amy Thompson McCandless ’68 Harriotte Dodson McDannald ’65 Carter Donnan McDowell ’57 Margaret Hoy McFadden ’72 Margaret S. McFaddin ’75 Sarah Dean McGill ’66 Cynthia A. McKay ’78 Sherrie Snead McLeRoy ’74 Elizabeth D. McMullen ’68 Carson Freemon Meinen ’80 Virginia Borah Meislahn ’62 Susan Somerville Menson ’68 Carolyn Foster Meredith ’61 Jarrett Dudley Millard ’70 Carol Vontz Miller ’68 Warren Moore Miller ’72 Elaine L. Mills ’74 Katharine Crommelin Milton ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Modzelewski Amy Andrews Monahan ’80 Denise L. Montgomery ’75 Dorothy Lear Mooney ’78 Jane D. Mooney ’77 Cecilia A. Moore ’88 Kara D’Ambra Dickey Moore ’95 Megan L. Morgan ’76 Morgan Stanley Foundation Katharine Fisher Morland ’71 Carter Heyward Morris ’73 Christina Babcock Morris ’86 Vaughan Inge Morrissette ’54 Lisa Harvey Morton ’67 Miriam Molander Moss ’62 Mr. Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. through The Fort Trustee Fund, CFCV Catharine Adams Murphy ’72 Christina Hoefer Myers ’75 Nancie H. Entenmann Fund of the Greater Toledo Community Foundation

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Kathryn H. Harris ’70 Caroline Camp Harrison ’07 Deborah R. Harvey ’82 Connie G. Haskell ’70 Barbara Cain Hegarty ’73 Achsah Easter Henderson ’50 Kathryn Barnes Hendricks ’70 Charlotte Hoskins Herbert ’67 Fred D. Herring (Helen Chapman Herring ’61*) Hannah E. Hesser ’10 Anne Willis Hetlage ’56 Thomas Lee Higginson, Jr. Elizabeth Simpson Hilberts ’81 Susan Sudduth Hiller ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Emory M. Hodges Margaret Millender Holmes ’63 Emily Moravec Holt ’70 Nancy Lea Houghton ’74 Howe Foundation, Inc. Wanda Cronic Howell ’74 Mary Jane Schroder Oliver Hubbard ’62 Ann Frasher Hudson ’57 Hallam Hurt ’67 Lauren MacMannis Huyett ’79 Huyett Family Charitable Fund, a donor-advised fund at BNY Mellon Charitable Gift Fund Irving W. & Catherine T. Bailey II. Fund at the Community Foundation of Louisville Jack & Moira Lawrence Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Ann Biggs Jackson ’68 The Jan and Gert Assmus Giving Fund of TIAA Charitable Inc Elizabeth V. Jensen ’08 Jill Moses Kohlmannn/Jennifer Bach Rosen Fund at the Greater New Orleans Foundation JMD Donor Advsied Fund of Foundation For The Carolinas John and Mary Camp Foundation Karole Boggs Johns ’86 Molly K. Johnson ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Johnstone, Jr. Deborah H. Jones ’84 Dona Van Arsdale Jones ’64 Mary Sexton Jones ’53 Ruina Wallace Judd ’61 Ellen Nichols Jump ’60 Neal Kassell Hilary Carlson Katerberg ’96 Patricia Swinney Kaufman ’70 Pamela Ford Kelley ’67 Frances Barnes Kennamer ’71 Carolyn Pyle Kennedy ’98

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Nancy Spencer Advised Fund, a donor-advised fund of The Winston-Salem Foundation Mary Johnson Nelson ’64 Mellie Hickey Nelson ’67 Network For Good Jan Armstrong Neuenschwander ’57 Carol D. Newman ’71 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Newman, Jr. Barbara Ashton Nicol ’74 Kimberly Knox Norman ’85 Valerie Norris and Joel Green Norris-Green Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable North Texas Community Foundation Margaret MacKenzie Nowacki ’63 Beth Slayman Nubbe ’84 Julie Brooks Nyquist ’90 Grace Mary Garry Oates ’64 Brittany Carlton O’Bannon ’08 Janice P. O’Donnell ’75 Barbara Falge Openshaw ’57 Orange Tree Foundation Susan C. O’Toole ’73 Elizabeth Farmer Owen ’62 Wilma L. Packard ’70 Anna Chao Pai ’57 The Pam and Pat Arey Charitable Gift Fund of the T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Clifton W. Pannell Mary Owens Parkinson ’61 Dr. Lynn Pasquerella Sarah B. Patterson ’01 Phoebe Brunner Peacock ’68 Peggy Taliaferro Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation Elaine Newton Peters ’57 Almena Hill Pettit ’69 Pettit Family Community Fund of the Community Foundation of North Florida Bonnie Blew Pierie ’67 Claudia Forman Pleasants ’70 Pleasants Family Fund of Foundation For The Carolinas Elizabeth Dykes Pope ’83 Catherine Tift Porter ’44 M. Anne Powell ’88 Marsha Decker Powers ’75 Barbara Mendelssohn Price ’78 Prudential Foundation Gail Anderson Ramey ’64 Milbrey Sebring Raney ’65 Josephine England Redd ’64 Bettie Katherine Arnold Reed ’64 Diane McCabe Reid ’70

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Lucy B. Ricardo Rinehart Family Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Mary Reid Roach ’74 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nancie Howe Entenmann Roberts ’56 Raina S. Robeva Lee Carroll Roebuck ’87 Virginia Luscombe Rogers ’50 Deborah Warren Rommel ’70 Jennifer Bach Rosen ’88 Mr. and Mrs. James M. Rossi Katharine M. Roth ’88 Jewett Winn Rothschild ’83 Jill Steenhuis Ruffato ’80 Adelaide M. Russo ’68 Helen Jenkins Ryan ’68 Margaret Christian Ryan ’74 Christie Calder Salomon ’64 Estate of Candace Greene Satterfield ’46* Catherine Scheer ’04 Anne Parker Schmalz ’62 Elizabeth Kopper Schollaert ’64 Prudence Sandifer Scott ’59 Katherine Caola Seiler ’07 Mary Lou Morton Seilheimer ’63 Seilheimer Foundation Elizabeth Hutchins Sharland ’61 Kari Andersen Shipley ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Shuford, Jr. Martha Bickham Singleton ’71 Jennifer Slade Belovsky ’71 Alix Sommer Smith ’71 Frances Street Smith ’52 Peggy Arduser Smith ’58 Elizabeth Shelton Smolens ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Dennis S. Soliwoda Jane Hamill Sommer ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Finis H. Southworth Cynthia Hubard Spangler ’63 Nancy Salisbury Spencer ’56 Katharine Osborne Spirtes ’75 Amanda Birge Spivey ’61 Starfish Charitable Foundation Starke Foundation Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Steele, Jr. Melanie Bowen Steglich ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Brad Steinle Margaret Jones Steuart ’54 Lisa Claypool Stevenson ’89 Mary Page Stewart ’78 Stillfield Fund I at the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation Gracey Stoddard ’67

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Elizabeth Smith Stone ’58 Phillip C. Stone Jesse Durham Strauss ’96 Lynn Gullett Strazzini ’67 Stupp Bros Bridge-Iron Co. Susan T. and Eric G. Friberg Fund of Coastal Community Foundation of SC Carey Cleveland Swan ’70 Martha Madden Swanson ’66 Mary Taylor Swing ’58 Anne Allen Symonds ’62 Rebecca Trulove Symons ’79 T. Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Joie Roderick Tankard ’90 Caroline L. Taraschi ’87 Tate Family Fund of Foundation For The Carolinas Maria Thacker Goethe ’02 Kay M. Thomas ’96 Alice Wood Thompson ’59 Grace Quirk Thompson ’88 Lida Matthews Tingley ’61 Tom and Joan Tyree Memorial Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Terry Starke Tosh ’75 Travelers Companies, Inc. Mary Montelle Tripp ’82 Sandra Schwartz Tropper ’73 Kathleen Stevenson Turner ’64 Sidney P. Turner ’66 Harriet Newman Twigg ’74 Mr. and Mrs. David B. Tyree Elizabeth Tyree-Taylor ’71 Suzanne DuVivier Ullrich ’78 Ann Martin Goldmann Uloth ’83 Valerie Gordon-Johnson & Doug Johnson Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Vandegrift Vincent S. and Nancy P. Jones Advised Fund 2 at the Rochester Area Community Foundation Cynthia H. Volk ’83 Victoria McClintock Wade ’95 Virginia Joachim Wade ’63 Margaret Walbridge Karen H. Waldron ’75 Carolyn Peyton Walker ’64 Edith Brainerd Walter ’42 Dawne Cotton Ward ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey V. Watts, Jr. Charlotte Heuer Watts ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Webster, Jr. Mara Wegerski ’03

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DONOR SOCIETY

The Donor Society recognizes and honors the importance of donors with annual gifts under $1,000.

Anonymous (11) Anonymous ’60 Anonymous Donors through Facebook (14) Margaret Dally Abate ’99 Louise Brandes Abdullah ’54 Angela Conklin Abell ’96 Dorothy J. Abernathy ’11 Joan Armstrong Abington ’90 Jessica A. Abramson ’08 Carolyn Sample Abshire ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Victor Ackermann The Ackermann Foundation Ann Greer Adams ’56 Catherine F. Adams ’76 David P. Adams Phoebe DeFoe Adams ’52 Priscilla Powell Adams ’78 Sally Whittier Adams ’56 Susan Finn Adams ’86 Abigail Adams-Moffett ’06 Pearl Riggan Adamson ’66 Ann Massie Addison ’74 Natalie Brown Adee ’96 April D. Adelson ’86 Aetna Foundation, Inc. Claire T. Affleck ’03 Mary Frances Oakey Aiken ’71

Deborah Butteri Akers ’77 Erin A. Alberda ’01 Anne Chapin Albert ’83 Kristy Alderson ’73 Harriet McNair Alexander ’86 Alicia Allen ’97 Aline Payne Allen ’59 Ann Stevens Allen ’56 Julia Hunt Allen ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Kent Allen Susan Norton Allen ’72 Taylor M. Allen ’20 Alliance Data Christine Carl Allison ’99 Renee and John Allison Katherine Rose Allison ’14 Holly Pflug Allport ’84 Jean Meyer Aloe ’63 David Alter Bianca Lucia Alvarado Gavilanes ’17 Loring Harris Amass ’70 Beverley Sharp Amberg ’65 Keith Amburgey American Express Company and AXP Political Action Committee (PAC) America’s Charities-AARP Jane Yardley Amos ’63 Katherine Amsden ’53 Alicia King Anderson ’97 Cynthia Bekins Anderson ’73 Judith Ruffin Anderson ’57 Lisa Aumiller Anderson ’96 Jean M. Andrews ’72 Joelle M. Andrews ’06 Catharine Hubbard Andry ’85 Jessica Mercier Andryshak ’06 Lea Osborne Angell ’63 Ann R. Smith Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Annable Anne Sinsheimer Charitable Gift Fund at The Community Foundation San Luis Obispo County Annie E. Casey Foundation Christine Diver Ans ’88 AON Corporation Margaret Arcadia ’96 Deborah Pollock Arce ’73 Louise Archer Slater ’71 Toni Santangelo Archibald ’80 Elizabeth Kurtz Argo ’67 Leslie S. Ariail Joanna D. Arias ’75 Heather Thomas Armbruster ’98 Mr. Christopher F. Armstrong Laura Warren Armstrong ’93 Lindsay S. Arnett ’12 Julie O’Neil Arnheim ’61 Emily Spivey Arnold ’15

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Leigh A. Arnold ’10 Lindsay Kay Ellen Renee Arnold ’10 Mary Callahan Arnold ’80 Frazier Miller Aronhalt ’96 Susan L. Aronhalt ’98 Joyce Arsnow The Arthur J. Gallagher Foundation Lynn Settlemyer Arts ’68 Laurel LeStrange Ashley ’91 Elizabeth Boswell Athey ’65 Megan Foran Atkins ’99 Amanda Atkinson ’00 Doyne M. Atkinson Ellewn Howard Attar ’83 Amelia Dudman Atwill ’96 Melinda Wick Aufmuth ’92 Suzanne S. Augur Margaret H. Aurand ’64 Diana Jordan Avery ’98 Ayco Charitable Foundation Elizabeth Groves Aycock ’96 Nursat I. Aygen ’76 Cassandra Smith Babbitt ’78 Michelle L. Badger ’06 Linda and Wayne Badger Barbara Wesley Bagbey ’80 Blyth Steere Bailey ’79 Linda Wallace Bailey ’66 Susan Lazarus Bailey ’85 Susan Parr Bailey ’81 Robyn Bailey Orchard ’86 Abby Starke Baird ’65 Eleanor G. Baird ’62 Barbara Baisley ’92 Felicia Nelson Baker ’81 Olivia Chaplin Baker ’81 Victoria J. Baker ’67 William R. Baker Laura Sickman Baksa ’70 Ann Works Balderston ’76 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Balding Kathryn Renaud Baldwin ’78 Mary Dixson Baldwin ’67 Elizabeth M. Baliem-Simmons Jennifer Jarvis Ballard ’93 Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55 Bank of America Foundation, Inc. Patricia Carroll Bankenstein ’74 Bettie Sheppard Banks ’54 Jane Moore Banks ’59 Barbara B. Roper Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Charlotte R. Barbour ’16 Pamela Ythier Barkley ’87 Richard Barkley Carol V. Barlow ’83 Jane S. Barnes ’68 Kristin D. Barnes ’08 Lisa Thompson Barnes ’88

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Meredith Leslie Welch ’65 Elizabeth Kemper Wharton ’58 Nancy C. White ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Landon Whitmore Alysha Wiegand ’09 Cassandra Whaling Wierman ’85 Patricia Wilder ’63 Charlotte Moore Williams ’67 Mary Ann Hicklin Willingham ’56 Katie T. Wilson ’08 Patricia Layne Winks ’52 Winks Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Betty Bentsen Winn ’53 Mary Gordon Winn ’66 Bet Bashinsky Wise ’75 Molly Poole Wolfe ’65 Nancy Hickox Wright ’68 Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp ’68 Mr. George Youmans Margaret Mapp Young ’67 Letha Dameron Zackowski ’81

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Susan M. Barney ’98 Cynthia Balch Barns ’52 Carroll Randolph Barr ’67 Kate Clay Barret ’66 Bruce Barrett ’72 Vicky A. Thoma Barrette ’65 Catherine J. Barrier ’76 Christina Chubb Barrille ’04 Linda Susan Barrow ’82 Kelsey R. Barta ’15 Chantel N. Bartlett ’98 Dede T. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Basco Sarah Embrey Bass ’70 Sarah Young Bass ’95 Dixie Boring Bassett ’68 Andrea R. Bateman ’71 Carey Bates ’91 Natalie Batman ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Battad Melissa Halstead Baugher ’86 William Baumgarten Jill Goolsby Baumhover ’95 Susan Dwelle Baxter ’64 Robin L. Bayless ’80 Myth Monnich Bayoud ’80 Martha Isdale Beach ’54 Hannah C. Beall ’17 Mona Wilson Beard ’51 Phyllis G. Becker ’74 Beth Beckner-Mills ’69

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Jeanne Fenrick Bedell ’57 Gabriella M. Bedsworth Page Breakell Beeler ’79 Josie E. Beets ’00 Robin E. Behm ’79 Judith Howe Behn ’65 Megan E. Behrle ’09 Mr. and Mrs. Alex W. Bell Phyllis Schulman Bell ’76 Sylviane P. Bellamy Frances Mantho Belliveau ’82 Carol Covington Bellonby ’70 Brianna Belter ’13 Peter Benda Josephine Benedek Lea Sparks Bennett ’83 Jean Spillane Benning ’90 Polly Benson ’58 Pamela Burwell Benton ’68 Helen E. Berger ’88 Leslie Malone Berger ’83 Stephanie L. Berger ’91 Leslie Bergman ’82 Beryl Bergquist ’71 Amanda Priddy Berkey ’90 Lynne Miller Bernard ’76 Susan Terjen Bernard ’63 Laurel and Christopher Berry Laurel Sanders Berry ’08 Mary Dance Berry ’08 Sara Gump Berryman ’64

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Ana Simic Beskin ’96 Justine E. Betzler Karen R. Bewick ’75 Elizabeth Gilgan Bianco ’94 Anne T. Biasiolli ’04 Mary Biathrow Eleanor B. Bibb ’83 Lisa Henderson Bice ’82 Joan Moore Biddle ’64 Danielle Erika Mary Bielenstein ’82 Julia Corte Bierster ’84 Sidney A. Bieser ’10 Paul R. Bigelow Devon Vasconcellos Bijansky ’99 Laura D. Billings ’96 Marianne Pownall Billings ’74 Katrina Ann Balding Bills ’97 Janet Whitehurst Binder ’75 Anne Carr Bingham ’67 Edith Lasher Birch ’64 Katie M. Bird ’05 Dr. and Mrs. Richard E. Bird Sara Schradin Bischel ’63 Nancy Schmitt Bishop ’66 Mary Margaret Dixon Biss ’96 Mary Clayton Blackwell ’67 Regan J. Blackwood ’02 Kendall T. Blake Jacqueline Israel Blakeslee ’68 Danielle Schofield Blanchard ’99 Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Blanchard, Jr.

DONOR HONOR ROLL Elizabeth A. Bray, Esq. Catherine Ehlen Breeden ’95 Ann Powell Breen ’08 Alison Brown Breene ’01 Diane Ball Brendel ’78 Susanne O’Neill Turner Brennan ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brewer Madeline A. Brewer ’10 Martha J. Brewer ’69 Allison Garrison Bridges ’10 Nancy Arni Briggs ’64 Kay A. Brimijoin Mr. and Mrs. Peter P. Britton (Beatrice Totten Britton ’65) Anne E. Brodie Joan Breier Brodsky ’67 Allison Egbert Brokaw ’78 Margaretta Bredin Brokaw ’70 Joan Eltonhead Bromley ’73 Ashley Wilson Brook ’79 Anne C. Brooke ’54 Julia Skilinski Brooks ’93 Rhoda Allen Brooks ’71 Phuong Tran Broome ’96 Anne Carter Brothers ’63 Leslie Wilkinson Brotman ’78 Brianna Boswell Brown ’82 Carrie M. Brown and John Gregory Brown Courtney Totushek Brown ’97 Ellen Apperson Brown ’72 Ellen Hagan Brown ’81 Ellen Moseley Brown ’71 Emily McNally Brown ’72 Grace Wallace Brown ’52 Mary Perkins Traugott Brown ’45* Nancy Dixon Brown ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Brown Sharon Ingham Brown ’84 Susan Glasgow Brown ’64 Virginia Miller Brown ’97 Wendy Norton Brown ’71 Gay Elizabeth Kenney Browne ’82 Amanda Cash Browning ’07 Nancy Hagar Bruetsch ’72 Mary Landon Smith Brugh ’57 Patricia O’Malley Brunger ’75 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Brunson Margaret Hayes Brunstad ’72 Cecilia A. Bryant ’68 Sara H. Brydges ’67 Ellen S. Buchwalter Marilyn Meyers Buckey ’68 Nina Wilkerson Bugg ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Clive H. Bullard Deborah Donigan Bullett ’81 Bobby Stieh Bulls Nancy C. Bulls ’93 Marie Ironmonger Bundy ’51 Susan L. Bundy ’73

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Isabel Ware Burch ’60 Sharon Fitzgerald Burchard ’63 Sarah Kidd Burchett ’05 Kiernan Burger Emily M. Burke ’06 Joan Phelps Burkett ’56 Julianne C. Burkhardt ’87 Wynn Cole Burr ’96 Henry Burr Rebekah Burr ’01 Rebecca A. Burt ’76 Amy E. Burton ’90 Terese DeGrandi Busch ’76 Debra Jackson Busker ’75 Jenny Robinson Bussey ’80 Kathryn M. Buster ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Butcher Jill E. Butcher ’97 Cornelia Radford Butler ’76 Evelyn Day Butler ’66 Helen Pruitt Butler ’84 Kimberly Shrader Butterfield ’09 Coleen Dee Butterick ’74 Virginia Lee Butters ’66 Linda Williams Buttrill ’70 Virginia Claus Buyck ’83 Laurel Bryant Byrd ’93 Jeanette Rowe Cadwallender ’79 Mr. and Mrs. David K. Cahoone Rebecca Atha Cain ’85 Elaine C. Cale ’72 Ruth Ellen Green Calhoun ’57 Tysha N. Calhoun ’94 Molly Hanley Callahan ’85 Emily Virkus Calle ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Callis, Jr. Laura Mixon Camacho ’83 Anne Richards Camden ’69 Angela Aiken Cameron ’01 Virginia Shipe Cameron ’75 Rose Thomas Camp ’74 Amy Leigh Campbell ’97 Benita B. Campbell Dana Varnado Campbell ’93 Illona Petrovits Campbell ’74 Jennifer V. Campbell ’85 Jennifer Sirois Campbell ’05 M. Lin Campbell ’66 Mary Johnson Campbell ’58 Melanie H. E. Campbell ’06 Susan Graham Campbell ’81 Paige Vaught Campion ’96 Jacquelyn Loy Canaday ’93 Anita Crossingham Cannon ’77 Mary Noble Caperton ’54 Chelsea Capizzi-Walsh ’08 Susan M. Capozzoli ’80 Jason Aaron Capps Lisa Carangelo ’80

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Patricia H. Blanchard Lynn Carol Blau ’63 Lisa Bleich Cynthia Craig Bliss ’66 Joan Clinchy Blood ’65 Victoria Vidal Blum ’85 Daniel L. Boardman Boas Family Fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Susan C. Bobb ’00 Harriet McCormick Bobbitt ’63 Patricia Ashby Boesch ’58 JoAnn Bogolin ’89 Sarah E. Bohn ’04 Carol Lynn Searles Bohrer ’82 Ici Ollison Bojarczyk ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Nelson M. Bolton Pauline Wells Bolton ’52 Alicia Bounds Bomhardt ’89 Martha Neill Boney ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Bonham Robert J. Bonini Mr. and Mrs. R. Michael Bonnell Mary Ames Booker ’82 Dorothy L. Boone Jody N. Booze-Daniels ’79 Natasha H. Boraas ’10 Mary Green Borg ’64 Elizabeth Taylor Borntrager ’02 Susan Desmet Bostic ’72 Elizabeth Harder Botzis ’93 Marisha G. Bourgeois ’99 Elizabeth Babbitt Bowen ’90 Glory McRae Bowen ’67 Edith McRee Bowles ’74 Kay Diane Moore Bowles ’57 Deborah Ohler Bowman ’70 Deborah Price Bowman ’82 Elizabeth Williams Bowman ’72 Joanna Wood Bowman ’06 Laura T. Bowrey ’08 Ellie Donahue Boyd ’08 Mr. and Mrs. James N. Boyd Jessica Dennig Bozymowski ’99 James Brachman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Bradford III Sarah Bradford ’01 Sarah Longstreth Bradley ’77 Katherine Hollister Bradley-Black ’92 Christina L. Brady ’99 Sue P. Brady and Thomas G. Honaker III Barbara A. Brand ’71 Dorothy Wetzig Brand ’71 Jessica Brandrup ’98 Ann Hallsey Brandt ’16 Carolyn Weary Brandt ’82 Elizabeth Sprague Brandt ’84 Nelly Osinga Branson ’75 Rachel A. Bratlie ’99

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Betty Noland Caravati ’63 Dr. Samuel B. Carleton (Elaine Kimball Carleton ’57*) Mary McKee Carmichael ’70 Carolyn and Lemuel Hewes Account, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Alison E. Carr ’08 Katherine M. Carr ’98 Mary Miller Carroll ’52 Victoria McCullough Carroll ’84 Abigail Carter ’89 and Eric Rudenshiold Ann MacDonald Carter ’97 Anne Babson Carter ’61 Eleanor Jane Wells Carter ’83 Emily Kathryn Carter ’01 Jennie Frazier Carter ’09 Jessica A. Carter ’04 Louise Bouldin Carter ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Macauley Carter, Jr. Sarah Ryder Carter ’02 Ellen R. Carver ’85 Kathy G. Carwile ’19 Katherine Connors Cassada ’86 Elizabeth Gantt Castles ’82 Aracelie L. Castro ’99 Anne Sniffen Cates ’71 Francesca Angela Catucci ’03 Margaret S. Caulk ’90 Miriam Choi Cave ’06 Elaine Horton Cavener ’65 Center Stage Dance Studio, Inc. Sarah Chaffee Paris ’96 Jennifer Burton Jahos Chaladoff ’86 Marydee Wimbish Chalfant ’60 Jean S. Chaloux ’72 Jacqueline Razook Chamandy ’52 Terra I. Chamberlain ’04 Paige N. Chamblin ’18 Candace Buker Chang ’70 Stephen M. Chaplin Margaret Rand Chapman ’65 Kenneth Chappelle Lynn Mather Charette ’86 Charities Aid Foundation of America Wendie A. Charles ’11 Charles Lee Smith, III Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation Charles M. Caravati Foundation Charles S. and Beth D. Baldwin Advised Fund, a donor-advised fund of The Winston-Salem Foundation Charis Lease-Trevathan Chase ’06 Danielle Briggs-Hansen Chase ’07 Katharine Barnhardt Chase ’67 and Robert L. Chase Mr. and Mrs. John Chaussee Courtney Warrick Cherna ’84 Cara C. Cherry ’06

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Wendy L. Cherry ’74 Disa Johnson Cheston ’85 Chevron Products Company Jane Cox Childress ’85 Jennifer Roach Childs ’88 Sharon Bradford Christhilf ’65 Patricia F. Christian ’89 Christine Gempp Love Foundation Lt. Col. and Mrs. Wallace G. Christner Adrienne Arnold Ciccarello ’04 Melissa Cicotello ’99 Sandra Ahern Cimons ’83 Sharon Van Cleve Cipriano ’64 Edith Knapp Clark ’58 Eileen Stroud Clark ’65 Laura Morrissette Clark ’85 Lynn Adams Clark ’61 Nancy Hamel Clark ’52 Samantha A. Clark ’08 Dr. and Mrs. Terrence T. Clark Temma Clark-Braverman ’10 Cynthia R. Clarke ’71 Mr. and Mrs. James N. Clarke Katherine Wood Clarke ’65 Mary McGraw Clarke ’64 Suzanne Elisabeth Stovall Clarke ’84 Jonna Creaser Clarkson ’70 Lucile McKee Clarkson ’69 Anita Lippitt Clay ’44 Jan Schnibbe Cleary ’75 David J. Clement, USMC (ret) E. Anne Clement ’78 Joan Dabney Clickner ’91 Lindsey S. Cline ’06 Barbara Darnall Clinton ’56 Clorox Company Cailey N. Cobb ’20 Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cobb Elizabeth Anne Lux Cobb ’15 Laurel Norris Coccio ’73 Vereen Coen Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Coffey Sara J. Coffey ’06 Jean Holmes Cole ’98 Lucy Darby Cole ’78 Joyce M. Coleman ’85 Kimberly Earhart Coleman ’00 Madeleine R. Coleman ’16 Kerry Elizabeth Coleman-Proksch ’97 Stephanie Alford Collett ’84 Anne Collins ’96 Cissel Gott Collins ’72 Jennifer J. Collins ’06 Karen R. Collins Susan Hayward Collins ’55 Anne M. Colpitts ’11 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Colvin Verda Andrews Colvin ’87 C. Victoria Coxe Commander ’64

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Helen Compton-Harris ’80 Georgianna Conger Wolcott ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Conley Anne White Connell ’54 Catherine L. Connor ’77 Marion Thorington Conover ’58 Cynthia M. Conroy ’74 Elizabeth Moore Conti ’78 Ebony Scurry Contreras ’04 Maureen C. Conway ’71 Elizabeth Conyers ’92 Hilary Cooper Cook ’05 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cook Joan Kells Cook ’55 Katherine Cook ’94 Foy Roberson Cooley ’65 Susan Stevens Cooley ’57 Anne Helms Cooper ’71 Catharine Spessard Cooper ’57 Elizabeth Hunt Cooper ’98 Gloria J. Cooper Jill Haden Cooper ’67 Octavia Wood Cooper ’68 Meredith Cope-Levy Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Coppersmith Madeleine Blanchard Corbo ’89 Yuliya Rigg Cormier ’13 Maria Corpora Caroline F. Corum ’88 Elizabeth Meyer Costello ’74 Rebecca Carter Cothran ’02 Shannon Callison Cotsoradis ’95 Cary Lamond Courier ’62 Dorothy Courington ’72 Kristin B. Cousins Evelyn Carter Cowles ’73 Susan Swagler Cowles ’86 Lenore L. Cox ’78 Mary King Craddock ’68 Rachel L. Craig ’14 Steven and Janet Craig Susan M. Craig ’73 Virginia S. Craig ’78 Polly C. Crawford ’93 Virginia Ramsey Crawford ’59 Emily Gooch Crenshaw ’70 Kelly Crist ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Critz Susan Brush Croft ’68 Sally L. Croker ’92 Holly A. Cromwell ’78 Margaret Reeder Crosbie ’64 Holly Harrison Crosby ’79 Martha Stewart Crosland ’71 Katherine T. Clarke ’09 Leona Chang Crozier ’56 Crum Charitable Foundation Sherrill Milnor Crump ’70 Ameka Reeves Cruz ’01

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Davenport & Company, LLC Andrew Martin Davey, MD Elizabeth Ripley Davey ’47 Katherine Robison Davey ’83 Lisanne Purvis Davidson ’78 Nancy Daugherty Davidson ’82 Holly Chaikowski Davis ’61 Carolyn Foster Davis ’75 Elizabeth Haeberle Davis ’01 Gina Pollock Davis ’89 Julia Brooke Davis ’81 Mary Reynolds Davis ’84 Michael R. Davis, Jr. Renata Leckszas Davis ’85 Stephanie Pearson Davis ’95 Terry Cerrina Davis ’86 Mr. and Mrs. John F. Day Constance Williams de Bordenave ’68 Amanda de Coligny ’68 Calvert G. de Coligny, Jr. Mary Donaldson De Figard ’68 Judith Barthold De Simone ’66 Jean Lindsay de Streel ’58 Morgan N. Deal ’16 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Jane Pinckney deButts ’57 Emily Kitchel DeCamp ’83 Jeanne Rovics Dees ’88 Anne Elizabeth Deffenderfer ’06 Kylene Smith DeFrate ’03

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Nancy Wingate DeLapp ’75 Dianne C. Delledera ’80 John and Patty Demere Victoria Hutcheson DeMichele ’91 Margaret T. Dempsey ’84 Debrah L. Denemark ’70 Sarah Strapp Dennison ’10 Emily Marie Dent ’12 Hilda H. Dent ’76 Kathryn N. Deriso-Schwartz ’88 Rolfe Joyner DeShazor ’82 Mary Dubuque Desloge ’75 Susan C. Detweiler ’88 Eva M. Devine ’81 Linda C. DeVogt ’86 Ms. Caroline Dewey Amanda DiamondRing ’98 Julia P. Diaz ’11 Adriana Beckman Diaz-Farias ’89 Jennifer L. Dick ’07 Rebecca Dick Jan M. Dickel ’71 Eleanor L. Dickinson ’95 Eleanor Griggs Diemar ’66 Ann King Dietrich ’53 Elizabeth and Luther Dietrich Natasha Ungerer Dillaman ’02 Leigh Darrell Dillon ’06 Martha Gamble Dillon ’86 Ariana Wolynec-Werner DiMeo ’01 fall 2020

Stacey Vilar Csaplar ’88 Grace E. Culley ’17 Lee B. Cullum ’60 Emily Ward Culp ’64 Electa Hoffman Culver ’68 Mr. and Mrs. William K. Curling Bridget Bayliss Curren ’96 Molly Currens ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currey Lindsey M. Custer ’00 Cutler Charitable Account, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Robin R. Cutler ’66 Caroline T. Czarra ’22 Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Czarra Natalie Lane Czarra ’22 Penelope Czarra ’75 Charlotte G. Dabney Alexandra G. Dagher ’17 Suzanne Gay Dailey ’83 Beverley Stone Dale ’95 Bergen Hall Daley ’95 Mary T. Danford ’73 Pamela Boyd Daniel ’68 Roberta T. Daniel Daniel Kress and Patty Glick Fund of Vanguard Charitable Helen E. Danner Mary Landon Darden ’74 Page Darney ’98

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Frank DiMeo, Jr. Alice E. Dixon ’82 Louisa S. Dixon ’75 Katharine H. Dobie ’06 Kaitlin Ann Marie Dobson ’15 Alice V. Dodd ’65 Beatrice A. Dodd ’58 Vincent J. Doddy The Dodger Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation Angelique Milone Dodson ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Dodson Emily B. Dodson ’18 Margaret Dodson Deborah Hubble Dolan ’77 Lee Foley Dolan ’96 Brooke Thomas Dold ’71 Richard Dolen Dominion Resources, Inc. Elizabeth Kyle Donahue ’82 Keir Henley Donaldson ’52 Misty D. Donathan ’99 Donna and Byron Rubin Living Trust Charitable Gift Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Adelaide Eshbach Donnelly ’78 Michele Dore ’74 Sarah J. Dorminey ’99 Joelle Jackson Doss ’98 Carol Goodman Doty ’87 Allene R. Doucette ’91 Martha Shorter Lanier Dougherty ’85 Virginia Stanley Douglas ’67 Allison Vollmer Douglass ’94 Tria Pell Dove ’64 True Dow ’80 Ethel Burwell Dowling ’82 Barbara Bolling Downs ’64 Joan Lamparter Downs ’58 Caroline B. Dozier ’08 Dr. Bettina P. Murray Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable Elizabeth White Drbal ’77 Ellen Clare Gillespie Dreyer ’83 Lynne Higgins Dreyer ’86 Lucy Elizabeth Drinkwater ’15 Amy Ayers Peck Driscoll ’92 Jennifer Toomey Driscoll ’92 Judith Kingman Driskell ’58 Susan Page Driver ’66 Martha Shmidheiser DuBarry ’48 Anne Merriman Duffy ’86 Anne R. Duguid ’60 Clark Woods Duke ’12 Maria Shields Duke ’76 Melanie C. Duke ’91 Susan Hancock Duke ’73 Penny Fisher Duncklee ’59 Barbara Baur Dunlap ’68

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Alison Burnett Dunn ’98 Augusta Harrison Dunstan ’88 Leslie Hardy Dunville ’99 Sonja Gruhl Dupourque ’90 Helen Masters Durham ’81 Annette C. Dusenbury ’97 Mr. and Mrs. Owen G. Dwire Susan Sickels Dyer ’91 Elizabeth Walker Dykes-Steib ’54 Sherri Brockwell Dymon ’89 Paula K. Eanes Marie Engel Earnhart ’82 Mary W. Earnhart ’14 Brentz Basten East ’05 Melissa C. Eaton ’96 Virginia Eldridge Eaton ’70 Mr. and Mrs. John E. Ecklund Kira Flores Ector ’86 Donna H. Edgerton ’68 Dawn Edmiston Mr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Edwards, Jr. Leslie A. Eglin ’84 Mr. and Mrs. James G. Ehlen, Jr. Thomas A. Ehrgood, Jr. James R. Eisenmann Cynthia Seiler Eister ’76 Sherine Mohamed S. El Banhawy ’97 Amy Ghiz El-Aasser ’92 Harriet Thayer Elder ’52 Leslie Smith Elger ’63 Patricia Littleton Eliades ’83 Tarah J. Eliason ’12 Mr. and Mrs. David S. Elkins Caroline Robinson Ellerbe ’56 Henslee Rutledge Elliott ’06 Jordyn L. Elliott ’17 Elliott & Terrell Harrigan Fund of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond Mary-Jo S. Ellis ’85 Richard A. Ellis Pamela Koehler Elmets ’80 Hannah Davis Emig ’83 Kathleen Brown Eney ’78 Mathea Almen Engelke ’61 Alan M. Engler Sarah Colhoun Engram ’79 Environmental Chemical Corp (ECC) Catherine Erickson Katherine Taylor Erickson ’80 Andrea Staton Eridani ’04 Mary Jane Eriksen Ertman ’51 Louise Wright Erwin ’79 Katherine Rinehart Eskew ’98 Maria Ward Estefania ’69 Julia Johnson Evans ’73 Rebecca Dane Evans ’78 Stephany A. Evans ’10 Stuart Bohannon Evans ’61

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Corlis F. Everett Melinda Brown Everett ’68 Kathryn A. Ewald ’79 Louanne Pahel Ewald ’86 Chloe Briscoe Ewalt ’73 ExxonMobile Foundation Simone Margaret Faas ’14 Genevieve and Tim Fadool Regina A. Fagan ’87 Roberta J. Fagan ’91 Jean Ridler Fahrenbach ’45 FannieMae Foundation Tabb Thornton Farinholt ’59 Mary Anne Calhoun Farmer ’66 Suzanne Gipson Farnham ’57 Sue Wakeman Farquhar ’63 Anne Marie Farrell ’87 Sarah Engleby Farrell ’86 Kory Aldrian Faulkner ’92 Ashley D. Federico ’16 Nancy Banfield Feher ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Fein Phyllis Feddeler Fejzuli ’83 Christina Stoltz Feldkamp ’89 Margaret Mather Feldmeier ’71 Laura Penick Felt ’66 Mary Jane Roos Fenn ’54 Cassandra C. Fenton ’18 Carol H. Ferguson ’12 Frances McClung Ferguson ’80 Jennifer Stockwell Ferguson ’73 Laura M. Ferrazzano ’88 Alice Mighell Foster Ficken ’65 Carolyn Dennis Fielding ’58 Nicole J. M. File ’95 Robyn Peckol Filimaua ’96 Shelbie B. Filson ’91 Linda S. Fink Gretchen Smith Finley ’93 Jeremy C. Finley June Eager Finney ’49* Elaine Barksdale Finucane ’92 Kirkland Wohlrab Fiorella ’04 Leslie Hertz Firestone ’82 Elizabeth Fisch Autum MatysekSnyder Fish ’04 Robin Bettger Fishburne ’96 Grace Jones Fishel ’52 Libby Glenn Fisher ’83 Elizabeth Weil Fisher ’47 Frances Butt Fisher ’66 Katherine Louise Fisher ’17 Kate Steptoe Fisher ’96 Susan Croker Fisher ’84 Linda A. Fite ’67 Lauren E. Fithian ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Fitton Charlotte Marie Prassel FitzGerald ’82 Emily E. FitzHugh ’61

DONOR HONOR ROLL Dorothea M. Fuller ’53 Nancy Bade Fuller ’80 Patricia I. Fuller ’71 Penn Willets Fullerton ’66 Allison N. Funkhouser ’03 Margaret Lewis Furse ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fuselier Ria Fyffe-Freil ’11 Mary South Gaab ’79 Carolyn Gabel-Brett ’63 Chesley Phillips Gaddis ’03 Rebecca L. Gagne ’16 Anne Crow Galanides ’91 Jaimie DelMonte Galbreath ’92 Susan Soriero Galbreath ’67 Sharon Mendelson Gallery ’75 Carol Provence Gallivan ’73 Fielding Clark Gallivan ’70 Mr. and Mrs. James F. Gallivan ( Joan Fisch Gallivan ’56), Gallivan Family Advised Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Marianne Schultz Galt ’68 Betsie Meric Gambel ’73 Gambel Communications, LLC Ann Mountcastle Gamble ’51* Lynn Crosby Gammill ’58 Charles R. Gamper, Jr. (Maria Rixey Gamper ’78*) Mary Goodwin Gamper ’78 Kristin Palbicke Garces de Marcilla ’06 Jane Wheeler Garcia ’59 Stephanie J. Garcia ’97 Chandra D. Garcia-Kitch ’94 Dolly Garcia-Simonet ’90 Bridget Wray Gardner ’79 Lisa Wallen Gardner ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Garland Carolyn Garneau Elza Long Garnett ’72 Teresa A. Garrett Mary Moore Garrison ’78 Virginia Carson Garver ’41 Virginia Woodward Gast ’73 Gay Owens Gates ’77 Patricia Frawley Gates ’59 Dawn M. Gatewood Laura Powell Gatling ’96 Katrina Evans Gatti ’88 Kelly Turney Gatzke ’99 Nicole J. Gauthier ’91 Jill E. Gavitt ’97 Nancy E. Gavitt Anne Pinckney Gay ’63 Karen Greer Gay ’74 Mary B. Gay ’72 GE Foundation Constance A. Gehrman ’91 Heather Minor Gelormine ’02

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

The Generosity Trust Victoria Bradley Gentry ’12 Genworth Foundation Georgia Power Company Allison A. Gerber ’98 Edward R. Gerber Lucy Martin Gianino ’60 Ann Major Gibb ’73 Robert C. Gibbons Dorothy Gibbs Margaret Works Gibbs ’51 Susan Roessel Gibson ’69 Dr. and Mrs. Joe H. Gieck Melissa J. Giggenbach ’96 Nancy Hawbaker Gilbert ’58 Penelope Walsh Gilbert ’72 Anne Kilby Gilhuly ’55 Elizabeth Marie Gilkey ’11 Robert M. Gill Elisabeth Elmore Gilleland ’50 Katherine McCartney Gilliam ’97 Mary McGuire Gilliam ’47 Cheryl Bishop Gilman ’90 Weezie Blakeslee Gilpin ’73 Edith Dobyns Gilson Tracy Worthington Ginn ’89 Ruth Rominski Girlando ’73 Patricia Pauling Gissendanner ’86 Caitlyn Gladstone-Mueller ’09 Ashley Wheeler Glass ’96 Kathleen Obenchain Glass ’68 Courtney Yerdon Gleason ’03 Stephanie Gleason ’04 Mary Elizabeth Ryan Glenn ’78 Gwen Maureen Fisher Glew ’91 Patricia S. Glick ’86 Susan Hill Glick ’68 Global Impact Elizabeth F. Glotzbach Laura Hand Glover ’86 Suzanne Wright Godfrey ’75 Karen Dennehy Godsey ’05 Elizabeth Freeman Goetz ’78 Judith Kobliska Goetz ’91 Michael Goldman Elizabeth F. Goldring ’05 Kana Roess Goldsmith ’91 Laura Radford Goley ’52 Rebecca Frost Good ’77 Lucy Regester Goode ’51 Janice van den Heuvel Goodman ’86 Alyson Jane Carey Goods ’86 Google, Inc Helen Milner Gordon ’77 Alicia Gorman ’06 Cheryl L. Gorman ’84 Mary Murchison Gornto ’69 Anne Evans Gorry ’64 Mary A. Gosser-Esquilín

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Carolyn Bloxsom Fitzpatrick ’93 Tranum Fitzpatrick, IV Stephanie Stitt Fitzpatrick ’81 Heather Willson Flaherty ’84 Jacqueline Weiner Flaherty ’98 Mary-Linda Morris Flasche ’94 Carey Johnson Fleming ’78 Marion Lucas Fleming ’61 Catherine Watjen Flemings ’59 Jasper E. Fletcher Kathryn D. Fletcher Lucile Redmond Flournoy ’82 Mary Jane Bradley Flowers ’96 Renee Rose Flowers ’93 Ann McCullough Floyd ’58 Carrra Floyd Susan Seitz Floyd ’02 Jennie Lyons Fogarty ’68 Carol Remington Foglesong ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Carroll G. Foley Stephanie Pappanikou Foley ’97 Blair Cooper Foltz ’05 Anne Q. Fomon ’77 Lisa C. Fondeur ’85 Vida Fonseca ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Foraker Patricia Lynas Ford ’51 Hooshang Foroudastan Deborah Blair Forrey ’84 Chloe Fort ’62 Elsa Jones Forter ’70 Thomasin A. Foshay ’93 Dabney Bragg Foshee ’77 Elizabeth A. Foster ’12 Joanne O’Malley Foster ’52 Sally Bianchi Foster ’50 Virginia Watts Fournier ’44 Barbara Childrey Fowler ’61 Nicole Stewart Fowler ’95 Anne Gwinn Fox ’57 May Humphreys Fox ’70 Roxanne R. Fox ’01 Theresa Walters Fox ’96 Alexandria S. Francis ’74 Eugenia Francis Kimberly Howell Franklin ’83 Linda L. Frazier-Snelling ’75 Catherine Gornto Freeman ’92 Denton B. Freeman ’88 Monica G. Freeman ’73 Nancy Powell French ’62 Rebecca Nelson Freudigman ’94 Kristen N. Frey ’16 Ralene Ann Friend and John P. Prieskorn Jill C. Frier ’06 Mary Stockburger Fritzges ’88 Caroline Bailey Fritzinger ’50 Deborah A. Fritzler Betty Works Fuller ’72

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Jane E. Gott ’70 Jenness S. Gough ’13 Claire Christensen Goves ’96 Devon Grace Grace Wallace Brown Charity Fund of Vanguard Charitable Constance Quereau Graf ’67 Anna Nicolaisen Graham ’04 Dale Shelly Graham ’72 Kathryn Keys Graham ’72 Lauren Michelle Perhala Gramlich ’12 Sara E. Granath ’68 Mercedes Gravatt Grandin ’72 Jo Gulick Grant ’50 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Grant Priscilla R. Grant ’83 Jessica D. Grass ’97 Anne Lee Gravely ’62 Frances C. Gravely ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Greg G. Gray Jane Powell Gray ’72 Lea M. Gray ’15 Nancy T. Gray and Jean H. Stewart Rachel Cooper Gray ’96 Beth Hodgkins Green ’89 Clara B. Green ’89 Elizabeth Duggins Green ’86 Elizabeth Miller Green ’68 Holly M. Green ’99 Mary Polk Green ’82 Mr. and Mrs. William D. Green Virginia Chamblin Greene ’55 Susan E. Greenwald ’71 Kelly Bowman Greenwood ’98 Jennifer A. Gregg ’91 Catharine Toomey Gregorie ’84 Elizabeth M. Gregory ’02 Gail Harrison Gregson ’66 Marian Finney Grenn ’82 Mary E. Gress ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Grey Maryanne F. Grey ’12 Ann Crowe Griffin ’66 Annabeth Griffin ’18 Lura Litton Griffin ’78 M. Keating Griffiss ’60 Leza M. Griffith ’89 Martha Gose Griffith ’80 Cecelia Williamson Grinstead ’68 Dawn Everett Grobe ’98 Alexandra F. Grobman ’12 Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Grobman Mr. and Mrs. Jack Groesch Pamela Webster Grogg ’13 Rachel Giles Gronsky ’82 Laura C. Groppe ’85 Marie Pickering Grose ’61 Evangeline Fisher Grossman ’89 Alice C. Grover

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Jimmie Groves Isabelle Viguerie Gsell ’86 Lydia M. Gullicksen ’18 Megan Tarnowski Gundogdu ’02 Roshani M. Gunewardene ’85 Camelia Washington Gunn ’89 Dayna Gunn Gunn ’04 Jennifer Milby Gutierrez ’08 Sheila Miller Guttenberg ’95 Lottie Lipscomb Guttry ’56 Percy Clarke Gwinn ’68 Paul Gyaakye Mary Koonz Gynn ’56 Elizabeth Bennett Haga ’88 Margaret C. Hager The Rev. and Mrs. Donald F. Hague Nancy H. Haight ’75 L. Pryor Hale ’65 Ashlee C. Hall Bettina Batterson Hall ’65 Kate Hall ’97 Kelly E. Hall ’95 Marion Dean Hall ’63 Carolyn Hallahan Salamon ’80 Angie Vaughan Halliday ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Halliday, Jr. Mary Shaw Halsey Marks ’74 Brett M. Haltiwanger ’92 Jennie Bateson Hamby ’76 Doreen Booth Hamilton ’54 Elizabeth Taylor Hamilton ’69 Jeanne Bounds Hamilton ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Hammock Mary M. Hammock ’08 Georgie Hampshire ’66 Nadian Finch Hampton ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Hamshaw Elizabeth Foothorap Hancock ’71 Elizabeth Wood Hancock ’63 Juliet Young Hancock ’65 Marilyn F. Hand Jennifer Smith Hanes ’74 Richard P. Hankins, Jr. Stacy Gilmore Hanling ’90 Elizabeth Becton Hannah ’84 Elizabeth J. Hannon ’12 Laura E. Hanold ’10 Wendy B. Hansbrough Anne Edmunds Hansen ’82 Meredith Shaw Hansen ’04 Brendy Reiter Hantzes ’81 Leannan Harcourt-Brooke Louise Towers Hardage ’73 Elisabeth Sartor Harden ’68 Margaret May Harden ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Harden Mr. and Mrs. Paul X. Harder Jean Mann Hardesty ’72 Carolyn Gough Harding ’60

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Lindsay Perkins Hargrave ’00 Heather Riegel Harper ’83 Sandra Elder Harper ’58 Sarah Jennings Harper ’11 Margaret Thouron Harrell ’64 Terrell Luck Harrigan ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Harrill ’66 Christian Maxwell Harris ’03 Jeannine Davis Harris ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Harris Jennica A. Harris ’08 Mary C. Harris ’99 Mary L. Harris ’79 Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Harris, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. William O. Harris, III Erin Packard Harrison ’01 Sarah Smiley Harrison ’09 Andrea Stassi Hart ’04 Penelope Parker Hartline ’84 Victoria Chappell Harvey ’06 Donna Hoogland Harwood ’99 Victoria Bergs Hasty ’12 Pamela Willett Hauck ’80 Anne Booth Hauser ’64 Meghan M. Hauser ’03 Alexandra Hiniker Hausler ’09 Kathryn L. Haw ’92 Emily B. Hawk ’18 Penny Oliver Hawkins ’68 Elizabeth Dunck Hayes ’95 Elizabeth H. Hayes Louise L. Hayman ’70 Caroline Chappell Hazarian ’09 Camilla Reid Hazlehurst ’68 Kelly Gardner Headd ’93 Elizabeth Sutton Healy ’65 Mary Groetzinger Heard ’63 Anna L. Hearn Campbell Hearn Ramona Achterberg Heers ’01 Lisa Heisterkamp Davis ’80 Mary E. Heller ’72 Robin Rodger Heller ’76 Elizabeth Biggar Hellmuth ’74 Susan Calhoun Heminway ’58* Maria Wiglesworth Hemmings ’67 Ann Stewart Matthews Hemphill ’68 Susan Hemphill Katrina Groat Henchman ’61 Anne Johnston Henderson ’62 Janet Maynard Henderson ’60 Rickey L. Hendricks ’68 Shirley Pinson Hendricks ’03 Denny Dolan Henkel ’56 Erin Gibbs Henrichs ’05 Marnie Tokaruk Henry ’98 Catherine Goodhart Henson ’77 Gillian M. Heptinstall ’73 Anna Fines Herbert ’03

DONOR HONOR ROLL Sarah Martin Herguner ’81 Sharon McKinney Herman ’85 Carlisle Adams Hernandez ’10 Heather Theis Hernandez ’95 Ann Banks Herrod ’68 Hershey Foods Corporation Fund Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hershman, Jr. Kristin E. Herzog ’70 Carolyn Mapp Hewes ’69 Elizabeth Gurley Hewson ’46* Susanna Broaddus Hickman ’88 Trienel Ahearn Hickman ’92 Carolyn Elizabeth Hicks ’12 Karla Kennedy Hicks ’85 Paula D. Higginbotham ’02 Mary J. Higgins Mr. and Mrs. William L. Hildebrandt Brandi Whitley Hilder ’99 Victoria Pitts Hildreth ’68 Debra Bogdan Hill ’73 Elizabeth B. Hill ’67 Eve L. Hill ’86 Katherine P. Hill Mary A. Hill ’00 Preston Hodges Hill ’49 Theodora G. Hill ’60 H. Therese Robinson Hillyer ’83 Cynthia Hague Hineline ’98 Abigail Phillips Hinga ’96 Cameron Cox Hirtz ’88 Mr. Charles R. Hitchins Nancy Collier Hitchins ’65 Katherine Cole Hite ’88 Lisa C. Hite ’79 Melissa Schoen Hitt ’85 Dorothy Duncan Hodges ’57 Elizabeth Carper Hoffman ’54 Katherine Cooper Hoffman ’91 Louise Chapman Hoffman ’61 Sally Thomas Hoffman ’66 Virginia Faris Hoffman ’80 Katherine M. Hoffner ’84 Ms. Deborah K. Hogan Meaghan K. Hogan ’14 Jennifer Frost Holden ’86 Ethel A, Holladay ’83 Katherine Judd Holland Lucie Stevens Holland ’82 Harriet Broughton Holliday ’73 Paula Hollingsworth-Thomas ’74 Elsbet Smith Hollywood ’04 Constance Grace Holman ’96 Rosalie Gambrill Holman ’85 Bridget O’Reilly Holmes ’83 Sharon Holt and Michael Zuckerman Mr. and Mrs. Sidney G. Holthaus, Jr. Jessica L. Holzer ’70 Zeda Elizabeth Homoki-Titus ’94

Maria Garnett Hood ’61 Johana Kelleher Hoofnagle ’93 Kristen B. Hooper ’93 Betsy Benoit Hoover ’65 Dianne Powell Hope ’76 Carter Hunter Hopkins ’68 Cynthia Heye Hopkins ’72 Deborah Ziegler Hopkins ’73 Joanne E. Hopkins ’98 Margaret Ellisor Hopkins ’76 Mr. and Mrs. William R. Horbatt Laura Lechler Hornef ’96 Leslie A. Hornor ’83 Elizabeth Mason Horsley ’90 Julie M. Horton ’20 Marshá Taylor Horton ’76 Elizabeth B. Hoskinson ’82 Samira Hossain ’05 Hossein and Haideh Partovi Gift Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Sue B. Hostetler Karen T. Hott ’91 Laura Swope Hottel ’95 Elizabeth Meade Howard ’60 Elizabeth Traylor Howard ’96 Ruth Faulkner Howe ’48 Mary Costello Howell ’76 Samuel Howell Sarah Butcher Howell ’95 Mary L. Hubbard ’84 Sarah McCrady Hubbard ’65 Susan Taylor Hubbard ’51 Heidi Wood Huddleston ’60 Nancy Kaufmann Hudec ’72 Laura Thomas Hudson ’95 Susan M. Hudson ’78 Alexandra Hanson Huebner ’92 Martha Bugg Hughes ’72 Mary Farmer Hughes ’00 Pamela C. Hughes ’74 Dayna Avery Hulme ’86 The Hulme Family Foundation The Humana Foundation, Inc. Arthur F. Humphrey III Cissy A. Humphrey ’76 Jacqueline Mabie Humphrey ’60 Rebecca Penny Humphrey ’08 Marion McKee Humphreys ’73 Christine Patten Hundertpfund ’95 Carol Hays Hunley ’81 Barbara Plamp Hunt ’55 Conover Hunt ’68 LuAnn Haag Hunt ’90 Susan Thorndike Hunt ’64 Amy Schroeder Hunter ’95 Louise Lambert Hunter ’77 Steve Huppert

Courtney L. Hurt ’10 Katherine Hoelz Hurt ’11 Kerry Pollock Huskey ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Huth Alice Wright Hyde ’65 Elizabeth Richmond Hyder ’84 Renee Hylton Kathleen Meredith Iacobelli ’88 iGive Donors Ruth Schmidt Igoe ’66 Anna May A. Imbrie ’14 Carolyn Imperato ’93 Inasmuch Foundation Sarah Paradise Ingber ’68 Lynn Rosemarie Hanna Ingram ’82 Paul Irwin Isabel Ware Burch Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Sallie D. Iselin Kim E. Izquierdo ’98 J. M. Huber Corporation Karen Jackson Kathleen Kavanaugh Jackson ’89 Nancy Ord Jackson ’53 Alice Preston Jacobs ’68 Andrea Hidalgo Jacobs ’01 Juliet Jacobsen Kastorff ’84 Julie Lindauer Jacobson ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Evan W. Jahos Maia Free Jalenak ’88 Virginia Moncure Jamerson ’08 Caroline Miller James ’95 Catherine Blaik James ’94 Deanne Dawson James ’86 Elisabeth Widdifield McClung James ’97 Jane Knutson James ’73 Murray Armstrong James ’48 Rebecca Garrett Jamison ’80 Susie Venable Jamison ’61 Jane Frierson Charitable Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Elizabeth Farmer Jarvis ’76 Margaret Enochs Jarvis ’83 Michelle Francesca J. Jay Jay and Jennifer Mills Fund at the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc. The Jean M. and Benjamin A. Hardesty Fund of the Ayco Charitable Foundation Jeff and Julie Harris Family Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Kathryn McDonald Jenevein ’77 Susan Jester Jenkins ’67 Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Jensen Jewish Foundation of Greater New Haven, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Rolf Joerger Verena M. Joerger ’15

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Dearing Ward Johns ’63 Abigail R. Johnson ’12 Cynthia Jill Johnson ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Brian E. Johnson Jennifer Brown Johnson ’02 Margaret K. Johnson ’13 Sallie Small Johnson ’61 Vicky Toof Johnson ’54 Nicole Johnson-Kaler ’96 Jane Johnston Katherine L. Johnston ’97 Laura Rihl Joiner ’96 Deborah L. Jones ’70 Elizabeth Brooks Jones ’75 Emery Jones ’86 Evelyn Smith Jones ’96 H. Daniel Jones III Jasmine M.D. Jones ’10 Judith Cowen Jones ’60 Louise Coleman Jones ’51 Mark W. Jones Kimberly Jones Sarah C. Jones ’11 Victoria S. Jones ’67 Deborah F. Jordan Clark Jordan ’96 Charlotte Lykes Jorgensen ’72 Phyllis A. Joyner ’55 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Diane Jumet Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Kable Serena Basten Kachinsky ’02

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Monika Kaiser ’82 and Richard Baray Gwen Speel Kaplan ’60 Katherine Knopf Kaplan ’65 Courtney Gross Kappler ’99 Susan Ray Karlson ’76 Katherine Seder Karon ’97 Aimee B. Kass ’79 Anne-Claire Wackenhut Kasten ’98 Erin Elizabeth Katz ’91 Lizbeth L. Kauffman ’82 Kathleen A. Kavanagh ’74 Caitlin A. Keany ’08 Beth Anderson Kearns ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Keating, Jr. Mary Hope Keating ’81 Alice Mitchell Keister ’70 Briggett J. Keith ’72 Janet Sheppard Kelleher ’75 Nicole Kelleher ’97 Barbara Tillman Kelley ’67 Frances Lane Smith Kelley ’82 Paula Brown Kelley ’78 Adele Laslie Kellman ’67 Daniel H. Kellum Barbara LaLance Kelly ’70 Catherine Grier Kelly ’75 E. Connor Kelly ’79 Lawson Calhoun Kelly ’70 Stephen Kelly Jody L. Kelso Anna Platt Kemper ’64* Keith Kendrick

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Sarah Houston Kenning ’01 Stephanie Maxson Kenyon ’77 Katie Keogh ’88 Mary Stevenson Fontaine Keown ’63 Kathryn Waldrop Kerkering ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald I. Kerley (Donna C. Kerley ’10) Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Kerlin Karen D. Kerlin ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kerschl Nancy D. Kershner ’90 and William R. Kershner Debra J. Kertzman ’81 Dianne Wood Keyser ’73 Alexandria Hiribarne Khalsa ’96 Diana Kidane-Mariam ’76 Suzanne Collins Kilborn ’78 Elizabeth J. Kilgallin ’14 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Kilgore Katherine Ashley Kilgore ’12 Christina Cotter Kilhefner ’98 Kimberly-Clark Foundation Elizabeth Scott Kimmel ’75 Brenda Darden Kincaid ’68 Caroline Hamilton King ’11 Cary Davis King ’73 Elizabeth Gilkeson King ’93 Elizabeth Markgraf King ’50 Holly Caswell King ’92 and David King Sarah Strother King ’64 Nancy E. Kirbo-Hollingworth ’05 Karen Steinhardt Kirkbride ’56 Bessie H. and James R. Kirkwood

DONOR HONOR ROLL Willie Ann Newbury Lansing ’62 Elizabeth M. Larabell Reyhan Tansal Larimer ’62 Cara Ardemagni LaRoche ’92 Kirsten Vold Larsen ’84 Mary Pat Behnke Larsen ’66 Andrew L. Larson Jeannine Petersen Laskey ’75 Wesley Powell Lassen ’89 Linda McGuire Last ’58 Nancy Dew Lathrop ’67 Irfan Lorraine Kiratli Latimer ’90 Lynn M. Laufenberg Melissa Carrington Laurie ’86 Christina Lawes Caro Lawrence ’79 Josephine Shaw Lawson ’70 Kathryn Elizabeth Lawson ’04 Laura Connerat Lawton ’62 Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Leach Amy A. Leake ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Leake Jennifer A. Lear ’99 Sammie Goyne Leary ’82 Susan Cash Leazer ’82 Martha Dabney Leclere ’54 Carolyn M. Leddy ’98 Donna Mihalik Gelagotis Lee ’78 Sally Uptegrove Lee ’71 Nancy Fink Leeds ’57 Frances Johnson Lee-Vandell ’64 Daniel A. Leggett Maren Howard Leggett ’95 Rachel Anne Bostain Legum ’03 Susan C. Lehman Olympia A. K. LeHota ’20 Lynda Leibel ’82 Leslie Braginetz Lemish ’89 Bridget McGlynn Lengyel ’85 Laurie I. Lenkel ’76 Olivia Anne McGregor Leon ’65 Harriet Ivey Leonard ’80 Keedie Grones Leonard ’76 Jessica E. Leonardi ’07 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Leslie Dorothy Wood Letts ’50 Emmy Sau Han Leung ’89 Christine Eng Leventhal ’73 Jane L. Levy Karen Harcum Levy ’86 Cortney D. Lewandowski ’12 Jane Garst Lewis ’61 Jean G. Lewis ’87 Jeanne H. E. Lewis ’83 Lynn D. Lewis Sarah E. Lewis Annamarie Lichtenberg ’13 Lorie Teeter Lichtlen ’82 Camelot J. Lindauer ’93

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Nancy Robinson Lindberg ’78 Sarah M. Lindemann ’13 Karin I. Lindgren ’75 Beth Daniel Lindsay Elizabeth R. Lindsey ’86 Lex Lindsey Susan Lindsey Shelley Gearhart Lindstrom ’67 Christina K. Link ’02 Betty Mundy Littrell ’52 Astrid M. B. Liverman ’98 Eric Liverman Gail P. Lloyd ’60 Tim W. Loboschefski Jennifer Beck Locke ’96 Stacey Sickels Locke ’88 Lockheed Martin Corporation Peggy Jean Fossett Lodeesen ’58 Catherine London Clayton ’99 Jean Morris Long ’54 Mary E. Long Randi Miles Long ’66 Savannah Humphrey Long ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Lonick Beatrice Dingwell Loos ’46 Harrah Lord ’66 Hannah Lott Kristin Martin Lough ’04 Amy T. Louthan ’97 Christine Love ’70 Virginia Page Love ’50 Sally Gray Lovejoy ’80 Nancy Morrow Lovell ’52 Candida Connard Low ’68 Julia Fort Lowe ’63 Katharine Tilghman Lowe ’57 Kristen Whitney Lowrey ’87 Christine Smith Lowry ’57 Martha Riggs Lowry ’83 Ann Key Lucas ’78 Jerry Dreisbach Ludeke ’54 Mary F. Ludington ’76 Kerry Thacker Ludolph ’97 Virginia Timmons Ludwick ’53 Jennifer Lynn Luffman ’02 Catherine A. Lumsden ’78 Betty Phillips Lupton ’58 Michele Williams Lusby ’91 Elizabeth Hanger Luther ’65 Barney Walker Lutsk ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lydick Mary Lynn Lyle ’67 Ferrell Lyles ’07 Mary Stollenwerck Lynch ’63 Patricia Sparks Lyndon ’68 Elizabeth Francke Lynn ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Lynn Jennifer N. Lynn ’06 Nancy Coppedge Lynn ’61

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Katherine A. Kirkwood ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Hal A. Kirven Mr. and Mrs. Glen E. Kitchen, Jr. Virginia MacKethan Kitchin ’59 Page M. Kjellstrom ’70 Deborah Davison Klein ’78 Mr. and Mrs. John S. Klein Lisa Hagan Kliefoth ’79 Michelle Scherrer Klimt ’84 Alicia Zuke Kline ’82 Jean Reeve Klinges ’53 Deborah Dalton Knapp ’78 Sarah Johnston Knoblauch ’74 Rebecca Faxon Knowles ’55 Crayton Benson Knox ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kocik Jenny Hogan Koehn ’98 Andrew M. Koenig Mikaela E. Koetz ’16 Cynthia Pierce Kohlenberger ’84 Ann Elizabeth Knoke Kohudic ’92 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Kolb Martha Wallker Konvicka ’79 English Griffith Koontz ’95 Ms. Kathryn T. Kotula and Mr. David R. Fronk Kama Boswell Koudelka ’85 Hannah K. Kowitz ’15 KPMG U. S. Foundation, Inc. Kelly Kraft-Meyer and Richard G. Meyer Tamra S. Krahn ’06 Alice Johnson Krendel ’72 Michaela Krohn ’03 Cathleen Cummings Krolczyk ’95 Bruce Watts Krucke ’54 Shannon H. Kuehlwein ’86 James Kulikowski Jane Shipman Kuntz ’58 The Kuntz Foundation Allison T. and Dale R. Kunze KVA Foundation L3Harris Foundation, Inc Annie M. Labatt Peter M. Labombarde Victoria H. LaBrosse ’06 Anne Richardson Lackey ’90 Caroline P. Lacy ’14 Ashley Jean Rogers LaGanga ’05 Alice Cutting Laimbeer ’83 Aileen H. Laing ’57 Heather McPheeters Lake ’10 Dorothy S. Lakner Victoria Munn and Bruce Lamb Karen Holt Ashworth Lambert ’89 Adria M. Lande ’96 Alexandra L. Lane ’16 Anna T. Lane Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Lang Hibernia Cuthbert Langley ’73 Diane Stephenson Lankford ’67

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Megan Coffield Lyon ’80 Prof. and Mrs. John D. Lyons Christina Savage Lytle ’88 Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. MacDonald III Mary Steketee MacDonald ’62 Faith Bullis Mace ’61 Sarah C. Machinist ’01 Whitney W. Machnik ’85 Madeleine J. MacIntire ’10 Amber L. MacKay ’15 William MacKenzie Elizabeth Eisinger Mackes ’86 Julie Whitehurst MacKinlay ’66 Brooke Hamilton MacKinnon ’62 Katherine M. Macklin ’13 Monna Simpson MacLellan ’51 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. MacLeod Nancy E. MacMeekin ’65 Nivin Snyder MacMillan ’65 Eileen MacMurtrie-Zuckerman ’96 Tonia W. Macneil ’68 Marion MacRae ’67 MacRae Family Foundation Fund of ACT for Alexandria Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Madden Diane Magasich Kathryn Thilking Maginnis ’73 Aoife Magner ’19 Cecilia J. Mahan ’19 Katherine Cooley Maher ’68 Monica C. Mahoney ’89 Jennifer Schmidt Major ’99 Ann Vandersyde Malbon ’80 Ann South Malick ’75 Barbara E. Mallett ’79 Elizabeth Malley-Lowe ’86 Margaret Milnor Mallory ’76 Ann Marie E. Beatty Malone ’90 Frances Redmond Malone ’77 Jane A. Maloney ’74 Megan C. Maloney ’08 Laura A. Mangus ’89 Sue Corning Mann ’49 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Mannen, Jr. Megan C. Manubay ’08 Alexandra Stewart Manwarren ’94 Cynthia Wacholtz Marbut ’86 Marie C. Reed Foundation, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Nancy Blackwell Marion ’74 Mark and Ieke Scully Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Markham Charitable Gift Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Mr. and Mrs. Felix D. Markham IV Olivia Ungerer Marschall ’06 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

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Anne R.h Marshall ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Marshall Diana E. Marshall ’04 Janet Monroe Schumann Marshall ’56 Victoria A. Marshall ’10 Barbara D. Martin ’01 Jamie Planck Martin ’81 Jesse K. Martin ’02 Laura Rose Martin ’91 Michelle Janiak Martin ’97 Molly Dunn Martin ’73 Stella Wright Martin ’77 Mercedith Nuesca Martineau ’05 Delia E. Martinez Linda J. Martinez Marcia Brandenburg Martinson ’74 Elizabeth Eager Marvel ’05 Judith Harbottle Maselli ’68 Susan Hickman Mason ’95 Lourine Mays Massie ’67 Mary McCall Mastin ’67 Elinor Vorys Matchneer ’54 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mather Mary Matheson ’68 Ann C. Mathews ’69 Deyanne Passarello Mathews ’75 Melanie Stembal Mathews ’68 Kathryn Carroll Mathewson ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Mattingly, Jr. Nancy Cunningham Mauck ’83 Helen Chatt Mauney ’10 Kristin Liljegren Maurice ’92 Laura Maus Emory Furniss Maxwell ’74 Judy Addison Mayberry ’67 Olivia Benedict Maynard ’58 Nickcole K. Maynard-Errami Mr. and Mrs. James Mayo-Pitts Cathy Cash Mays ’84 Erin G. Mays ’05 Mary U. Mazgaj ’09 Caitlin Webber Mazzucca ’04 Virginia Tripp McAdams ’05 Wendilynn Wood McAfee ’81 Ann McAllister-Thomas ’87 Linda Lee McAndrew ’64 Eleanor Vawter McBride ’05 Cynthia Hardy McCabe ’75 Erlend Carlton McCaffree ’54 Lenetta Archard McCampbell ’85 Deborah Koss McCarthy ’77 Shannon M. McCarthy ’16 Barbara J. McCleave-Long ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. McClellan Kate Gorman McClung ’11 Polly Parker McClure ’83 Elizabeth Parker McColl ’63 Judy A. McComb ’90 Gary McCombs

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Meredith L. McCool Kerrie H. McCoy Elizabeth Waring McCracken ’02 Amelia W. McDaniel ’94 Nancy Moss McDaniel ’65 Emily Quinn McDermott ’80 Kathryn Mendelson McDonald ’60 Estate of Nancy M. McDonal ’53* Susan Strong McDonald ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel McDonough Ellen Sellers McDowell ’77 Elizabeth K. McElroy ’16 Mary E. McElroy ’84 Sorrel Mackall McElroy ’59 Aline Rex McEvoy ’65 Christine M. McFadden ’82 Fiona M. McFadden ’12 Jane A. McFaddin ’73 Ashley Johnson McGee ’03 Joan M. McGettigan ’83 Karis L. McGill Nancy C. McGill K. Holly McGlothlin ’78 Martha McGrady and Yeong K. Loke Sarah Kennedy McGroarty ’77 Thelma Houk McGrory ’57 Maureen K. McGuire ’06 Catherine Roberts McHaney ’55 Comber R. McHugh ’86 Sarane C. McHugh ’81 Alice McInnis ’73 Roland G. McIntosh Janine Brockie McKee ’70 Virginia Ready McKeel ’62 Lauren Friend McKelvey ’03 Bernadean Gupton McKelway ’78 Becky Mulvihill McKenna ’78 Kay Branch McKenzie ’58 Stephanie Lyon Pratt McKinney ’91 Sarah E. McLemore ’08 Kathryn Cunningham McMahon ’97 Elizabeth J. McMartin ’79 Mary Clare Briscoe McNatt ’76 Barbara Bailey McNeal ’68 Leyte C. McNealus ’18 Ms. Lisa McNealus Carolyn Ream McPheeters ’82 Sheila M. McWilliams ’92 Frances DeSaussure Meade ’68 Robert S. Meade Caren Joanna Meade-Runaldue ’06 Lola Brock Meakin ’77 Katherine Turner Mears ’53 Medica Health Insurance Rebecca Bottomley Meeker ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Meeks Miriam Washabaugh Meglan ’71 Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Meighan Linda Pattberg Meixner ’68

DONOR HONOR ROLL

Meri T. Minatel-Schreiber ’89 Catherine Hollberg Minor ’90 Minor Foundation, Inc. Katharine Shaw Minton ’52 Julie Harju Misakinis ’99 Jennifer Green Mitchell ’86 Molly F. Mitchell ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mittelholtz Jennifer W. Mix ’15 Sarah Bonham Mohle ’77 Kelly Schmitt Molique ’94 Sue Monk and Joe Monk Mary Gillespie Monroe ’67 Sarah Smith Freeman Monroe ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Carrington Montague Susan Taylor Montague ’59 Montague Family Fund at the Generosity Trust Hailey Beaudry Montalbano ’16 Jackelinne Montero-Sharpe ’13 A. Elizabeth Montgomery ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Raphael B. Montgomery Tonya Grudier Montgomery ’98 Isobel Alice Moody ’06 Catherine Taylor Moore ’78 Franklin Moore Maria Kitchin Moore ’04 Mary Varn Moore ’72 Sally Hamilton Moore ’61 Kimberly Roda Moorhead ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Mooza Diana W. Moran Katie F. Whitmire ’08 Hannah Craighill Morehead ’79 Arielle S. Morgan ’15 Mr. and Mrs. John Luther Morgan III

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Mitzi L. Morgan ’85 Robin Hendrickson Morgan ’95 Susan E. Morgan ’94 Lena M. Morrill ’11 Patricia Morrill Alicia Markham Morris ’02 Drs. Susan and David Morris Laurel R. Morris Marilyn Garabrant Morris ’66 Michele R. Morris Miriam Baker Morris ’83 Morris Family Foundation Sara J. Morrison ’86 Melissa Cope Morrissette ’83 John Morrissey Margaret Moran Morrow ’67 Elvira Whitehead Morse ’48 Katherine W. Morse ’01 Kristen Johnson Mortensen ’09 Caperton Morton ’85 Mary Payne Morton ’64 Margaret Mundy Mosby ’62 Barbara Mosegard-Diamond and David M. Diamond Marguerite McKee Moss ’66 Virginia Blair Moss ’98 Virginia Harsh Mossburg ’83 Lorelei Bahret Mote ’94 Victoria A. Mott ’13 Cynthia Stover Motyka ’80 Joy Reynolds Mouledoux ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. Patricia Mountrey ’68 Ellen Murphy Clement Mouri ’80 Sarah Mouri ’06

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Bethany M. Melendy ’09 Cecelia Clark Melesco ’75 Anne F. Melton ’57 Susan C. Mengden ’80 Meryl B. Menon Karen Black Meredith ’80 Angela Elliott Merrick ’98 Karen Ayers Merritt ’88 Amy Bryan Merselis ’91 Jane Jamison Messer ’59 Mary Watt Messer ’83 Helene Mewborn Louellen Brooks Meyer ’85 Patricia Stanton Meyer ’61 Petsy Gautier Mezey ’55 Deborah Glazier Michael ’62 Scott Michaels Amy Daugherty Michel ’96 Marianne Micros ’65 Carolyn Grant Milden ’88 Lucy Chapman Millar ’83 Barbara Yocom Miller ’63 Carolyn Eney Miller ’03 Chasity Clarke Miller ’04 Jeannette Bush Miller ’71 Mr. and Mrs. James Miller Kathryn Montz Miller ’69 Mariah M Miller ’17 Nancy Morris Miller ’83 Sharon Resener Miller ’81 Stephen N. Miller Laura McGlamery Million ’96 Mr. and Mrs. James Mills Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Milone Julia Walton Milstead ’86

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Jim Mozingo Mr. Mark Gilkey, donor-advised fund at the National Philanthropic Trust Sutapa Mukherjee ’93 Meredith Davis Mulhern ’99 Anne Carroll Mulholland ’56 Amy E. Mullen ’02 Audrey H. Mullen ’89 Mr. and Mrs. Mike G. Mullins Patti Snodgrass Mullins ’82 Carole E. Munn ’67 Monica Brown Munnings ’98 Dagmar Stoll Murphy ’64 Elizabeth Burdge Murphy ’75 Margaret Foley Murphy ’03 Mary Jo Petree Murphy ’70 Bettina Patterson Murray ’64 Caroline Tuttle Murray ’71 Christine Kulczycki Murray ’68 Courtney Cash Mustin ’68 Katherine Johnston Myatt ’64 Katharine Vaughan Myers ’06 Margaret Gillmer Myers ’66 Suzanne Solberg Nagle ’70 Catherine Crowell Latimore Namorato ’96 Frederika Merriman Naylor ’55 Emma M. Neave ’12 Candace Sheffield Neilson ’73 Catherine Osuna Neis ’97 Anne Garrity Nelson ’79 Howard P. Nelson Jennifer M.Gaudette Nelson ’95 Kristin Chapdelaine Nelson ’08 Susannah M. Nevison New York Life Foundation Anna L. Newberg ’11 Beth Ann Trapold Newton ’86 Judith Newton Louise C. Newton ’82 Thu Pham Nguyen ’52 Martha Clay Nichols ’56 Susan Carr Nickel ’86 Karen Gonya Nickles ’86 Britton Hassell Nielsen ’67 Diana Crandall Nielsen ’84 Tennessee Nielsen ’76 Catherine Winship Nihem ’95 Molly Reeb Nissman ’77 Nancy Nix-Karnakis ’63 Elizabeth Coggeshall Nock ’58 Louise Konsberg Noll ’44 Mr. and Mrs. David Nolton Anne Garrett Norloff ’72 Mary Kyger Norman ’70 Mary Humelsine Norment ’68 David Norris Dorsey Tillett Northrup ’75 Julie Seibels Northup ’68 Jean Notestein ’86

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Loretta Fitzgerald Nowlan ’77 Virginia Marchant Noyes ’59 Ann Shipper Oates ’71 Donald R. Ober Ashley Peeples Oberlin ’89 Martha Bulkley O’Brien ’59 Anita McVey O’Connor ’73 Cecily B. O’Connor Denise Wisell O’Connor ’71 Eleanor R. O’Connor ’07 Mr. Lawrence N. Odence H’55 (Susanna Bernard Odence ’55*) Patricia Tucker O’Desky ’75 Kerry S. O’Donnell ’93 Magnolia F. O’Donnell ’18 Linda J. Odum ’72 Ashley Thorner Oelrich ’96 Janet Richards Oikawa ’75 Deborah Mutch Olander ’76 Josephine Noland Old ’66 Old Dominion Box Foundation, Inc. Deborah Fischer Oleisky ’85 Shelley M. Oliver ’98 Shirley M. Oliver ’84 Alicia Roddy Olsen ’02 Emily N. Olson ’07 Mr. and Mrs. James A. O’Neal, Jr. Megan C. O’Neal ’08 Nora S. Oney ’92 Dina R. Orbison ’00 Kimberly A. Orchowski ’15 Aelica Ingenthron Orsi ’92 Mary Beth Miller Orson ’86 Amy Boyce Osaki ’83 Mary A. Osborn ’73 Douwina Osinga Mr. and Mrs. Albert V. Osterholm, Jr. Amy M. Ostroth Dejerianne Ostrow ’96 Drucilla Springer Oswalt ’78 Peggy Morrison Outon ’72 Caroline Heltzel Overstreet ’12 Elizabeth Donald Owen ’89 Carolyn Birbick Ownby ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Oybkhan Ann Prichard Pace ’61 Elizabeth Conner Pace ’86 Barbara Rose Page ’83 Janet L. Page ’87 Jennifer Trzupek Pala ’96 Mr. and Mrs. Carmen J. Palermo Mara G. Pandolfo Kathleen “kp” Papadimitriou ’84 Christina Johnson Pappas ’08 Kathy Gagnon Pappas ’81 Virginia Conley Pappas ’73 Leila Kucewicz Parham ’63 Constance C. Paris ’99 Julia Paris ’99

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Mary Morris Park ’04 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Parker Julie Parker Patricia V. Parker ’75 Elizabeth Pidgeon Parkinson ’64 Rebecca L. Parrish ’18 Megan Fletcher Parry ’96 Haideh Khosrowshahi Partovi ’74 Renis Siner Paton ’55 Maggie Saylor Patrick ’07 Margaret Pittman Patterson ’67 Olivia Cantey Patton ’53 Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11 Marie-Elysse B. Paulhus ’01 Susan Verbridge Paulson ’76 Leslie Davis Paxton ’62 Brenda Childress Payne ’88 Stacey Eisenberg Payne ’94 Aimee Armentrout Peacemaker ’99 Lucy Eubank Peak ’77 Franklin V. Peale, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Pearce Sarah W. Pearre ’48 Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Pearson Parker Shultis Pearson ’90 Angelina M. Peck ’14 Barbara Behrens Peck ’78 Patricia L. Peckol Mr. and Mrs. David Peebles Peebles Family Foundation Sally Shapard Peek ’82 Carolyn Clark Pegg ’63 Emily Pegues ’00 Carol Cole Pelzer ’65 Hallie Pence Elizabeth Few Penfield ’60 Andrea Pearson Pennington ’66 Jacqueline C. Penny ’71 Virginia Stanford Perdue ’69 Tia Trout Perez ’02 Adlyn M. Perez-Figueroa ’08 Susan Morck Perrin ’67 Christa M. Perry ’96 Julie Boothe Perry ’58 Julia Huntington Pesek ’86 Melanie Chriscoe Peters ’97 Sarah M. Peters C. Gregg Petersmeyer Ruth Magee Peterson ’51 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Petrie Olivia Hardin Pettifer ’86 Lauretta Scovel Pfeifer ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Danny E. Pfeiffer Darelle A. Pfeiffer ’98 Christine Weiss Pfeil ’74 Pfizer Inc. Barbara J. Phaup Andrea Peterson Philips-Bramham ’76 Emily Vermilya Phillips ’08

DONOR HONOR ROLL Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP Catherine Slatinshek Prillaman ’76 Pringle-Read Endowment of Coastal Community Martha Bennett Pritchett Conner ’68 Elizabeth Proctor ’84 Mr. and Mrs. James Proctor Cynthia Gridley Pruden ’71 Cynthia Bumgardner Puckett ’98 Sarah Scales Puckett ’95 Virginia Stevens Purcell ’72 M. Claire McDonnell Purnell ’81 Deborah Purvis ’93 Serena K. Putegnat ’98 PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. Leslie Heye Quarrier ’62 Consuelo Martinez Quattrocchi ’82 James B. Query Elena Quevedo ’83 Meredith Borst Quillman ’78 Catherine Catlett Quinlan ’76 Stacey Hannan Quinn ’89 Mayalin Quinones ’16 Melissa Murray Quinones ’87 Jennifer Rae ’82 Catherine Raeder Wallis Wickham Raemer ’70 Marcia Pollock Ragsdale ’70 Carolyn Rogers Rainbow ’70 Caroline G. Rainey ’10 Lynn Rainville Janet M. Rakoczy ’78 Walter Ramberg Shanti Ramesh ’06 Kimberly Riccardi Ramsey ’73 Laura B. Ramsey ’96 Maryce Ramsey Ramsey ’82 Victoria Mills Ramsey ’13 Kearsley R. Rand ’81 Mary Clemens Randolph ’70 Molly F. Randolph ’67 Sarah Rebentisch Randolph ’74 Dianna Yaeger Rankin ’66 Mary Kendig Rankin ’70 Elizabeth Wilbun Ranson ’99 Pamela J. Rasche ’73 Nancy Pesek Rasenberger ’51 Carolyn King Ratcliffe ’60 Mary Scott Rauch ’62 Jennifer Parker Raudenbush ’95 Elizabeth D. Rawles ’75 Katherine Rose Rawls ’75 Mary Lyman Ray ’71 Shannon Young Ray ’84 Melissa Gail Raymond ’12 Raytheon Company Cynthia Rakow Readyhough ’96 Anna Carmichael Redding ’99 Gretchen Armstrong Redmond ’55 Marie Louise Carney Reed ’62

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Nancy Bullard Reed ’66 Noreen Conover Reed ’73 Scarlett L. Reel ’13 Eleanor Crossley ’67 Kathryn Ingham Reese ’88 Catherine D. Reeve ’88 Lynn Croft Reeves ’81 Jessica Reeves Suzanne Evans Reeves ’68 Elisabeth Burwell Reichard ’84 Tacy Bolton Reid ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Reidy Sarah Reidy ’96 Diane Dale Reiling ’73 Anna M. Reilly ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Rodger A. Reinhart Ann Moore Remington ’44 Alicia M. Renfrow ’03 Page Munroe Renger ’67 Mary B. Rewcastle Imogen Slade Rex ’96 Amy Cook Rexrode ’97 Anne Leavell Reynolds ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Reynolds Charla Leonard Reynolds ’72 Marguerite Morgan Reynolds ’65 Nina R. Rezai ’14 Vanessa K. Rhodes ’90 Daniela N. Ricci ’95 Amanda L. Rice ’00 Melanie Holland Rice ’76 Michael D. Richards June Lee Richardson ’86 Robbin Richardson ’71 Meredith K. Richel ’05 Mr. and Mrs. Steven Richel Victoria Clarendon Richter ’80 Rebekah E. Ricksecker Deborah Luby Rie ’68 Melissa Greenwood Riemer ’75 Marguerita Chandler Riggall ’68 Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Rihl The Riley Fund of TIAA Charitable Inc Amy Waite Riley ’93 Elizabeth Hansbrough Riley ’13 Hollylane Riley ’06 Dana G. Ripperton ’05 Jennifer Lauren Mooney Risey ’93 Carroll Weitzel Rivers ’57 Mr. and Mrs. Dean H. Rizzo Alice Haywood Robbins ’65 Joanne Hicks Robblee ’70 Sabryna McClung Roberson ’93 Roberts and Allison Brokaw Family Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Angela Grisby Roberts ’03 Sarah Dennis Roberts ’96 Brooke Robertson

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Mr. and Mrs. George G. Phillips, Jr. Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Phillips Laura Haskell Phinizy ’65 Kristen File Phoenix ’93 Rachel A. Pietsch Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Pike Ruth R. Pillow Hannah L. Pillsbury ’74 Helen Raney Pinckney ’66 and C. Cotesworth Pinckney Lauren Martin Pinion ’06 Lezlie Varisco Pinto ’87 Kathleen Abel Pione ’93 Nancy Mortensen Piper ’74 Angelia Pippin Chloe Lansdale Pitard ’61 Bonnie L. Pitman ’68 Briana Beckham Pitt ’04 Pitts Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Amy Jo Downing Pitts ’99 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pitts Rebecca Seabrook Pitts ’78 Ruth Carpenter Pitts ’58 Kathleen S. Placidi Heather L. Plank ’96 Wendi Brunell Plenge ’82 PNC Bank Foundation Janice E. Pogue ’71 Dana Bordvick Poleski ’98 Mr. and Mrs. Dale W. Polley, Sr. Virginia Spangler Polley ’76 Sally-Ann Polson-Slocum ’78 Saynor Johnson Ponder ’57 Emily L. Poore ’99 Michelle L. Poore ’04 Ardis Fratus Porter ’48 Catherine T. Porter ’68 Elisabeth Scott Porter ’64 Terri Brockwell Porter ’91 Kirsten A. Porter-Stransky ’09 April Collins Potterfield ’96 Jane G. Potts ’73 Thom Potts Averala Paxton Poucher ’57 Anne Litle Poulet ’64 Catherine C. Powell ’95 Judith B. Powell ’69 Lisa J. Powell Margaret Morris Powell ’54 Joan Powers ’70 Ann Crompton Tippin Prestney ’71 Elizabeth Cone Preston ’78 Jennifer Preston Christine Mendel Prewitt ’73 Anne Osterholm ’96 and Gregory Pribble Laura Walters Price ’99 Mary Lanford Price ’91 Rachel Baltus Price ’96

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Katie Clarkson Robertson ’97 Edith Brooke Robertson ’50 Lisa Nelson Robertson ’76 Acacia Marie Salazar Robinson ’15 Deborah Schmidt Robinson ’89 Captain and Mrs. Evan D. Robinson Julie Dopheide Robinson ’13 Kathryn Robinson Hillestad ’89 Elise Carlen Robison ’84 Patricia A. Robison Nicole B. Roca Madeline Hodges Rodriguez ’13 Sarah Weigel Rodriguez ’89 Emma Matheson Roe ’57 Rebecca Yerkes Rogers ’52 Thomas A. Rogers Kelli M. Rogowski ’99 Susan Castle Rolewick ’74 Melissa Rollosson and William Murphy Elizabeth Thomas Rook ’80 Frances A. Root ’80 Mary Ann Mellen Root ’53 Barbara Burns Roper ’64 Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Rora Nan Locke Rosa ’53 Rachelle Colquitt Rose ’97 Jennifer Memmott Rosenberg ’86 Carla L. Rosenbloom and H. David Rosenbloom Jean Platt Rospondek ’73 Amy Biathrow Ross ’94 Thomas Roth Nancy Buckey Rothacker ’86 Jennifer A. Rotman ’84 Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roulston Susan Hight Rountree ’59 Gary Maxwell Rousseau ’56 Wendy Wise Routh ’75 Edna Rogers Rowe ’56 Megan Thomas Rowe ’01 Mary Davis Roxer ’04 Donna Daniels Rubin ’76 Jennifer Smith Rucker ’96 Cynthia Rucker-Staton

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Paige Kaylor Ruddy ’10 Eden L. Rue ’89 Raymond G. Ruff Erin A. Ruffead ’05 Susan T. Ruhl Meriwether Hagerty Rumrill ’59 Russell Family Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Caitlin Sundby Russell ’94 Cornelia S. Russell Lauranah Ison Russell ’03 Michael Russell Dr. and Mrs. Robin O. Russell Susan Clay Russell ’81 Fleming Parker Rutledge ’59 Jane Taylor Ryan ’66 Kathleen A. Ryan ’75 Kathleen E. Ryan ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Ryan Shanna P. Ryan ’08 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ryan Eugenia Bull Ryner ’67 Nicole M. Sabovik ’19 Miles Sadler Arthur Saint-Aubin Lee Grzybowski Sakowicz ’86 Sarah Andres Sale ’90 Alicia Laing Salisbury ’61 Hilary Harris Salley ’87 Khristian K. Salters ’12 Jessica Salvatore Magdalena Salvesen ’65 Margaret Lyle Samdahl ’72 Courtney L. Sames ’06 Jane Hubbard Sams ’79 Nicholas E. Sanders Heather McGowen Sanford ’91 Julia Grosvenor Sanford ’80 Lee Addison Sanford ’73 Caroline A. Sapp ’09 Margaret Jenkins Sapp ’97 Margaret Elizabeth Stookey Sargent ’88

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Jessica McCarthy Sarolli ’08 Molly Haskell Sarris ’61 Jennifer M. Sauer Deborah Hooker Sauers ’74 Catherine Callender Sauls ’86 Yolanda L. Davis Saunders ’96 Elma L. Savage ’68 Robert. E. Savage (Ann Orr Savage ’48*) Anne S. Bigham Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Savitz Diana Simrell Savory ’66 Elizabeth Miller Sayler ’55 SC Johnson Wax Fund, Inc. Laura J. Schaefer ’07 Kathryn Smith Schauer ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Schauer Deborah Byers Schechter ’72 Katherine Maxwell Schellhammer ’95 Patricia Whelan Schenck ’82 Linda Mae Visocan Scherr ’87 Mariann Schick Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin ’68 Gracie Tredwell Schild ’82 Katherine Vuicich Schinasi ’74 Georgia Schley Ritchie ’80 Kathryn Sell Schlosberg ’59 L. Angelyn Schmid ’87 Jennifer Wiley Schmidt ’06 Julia M. Schmitz, PhD ’03 Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Schmitz Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Schneider, Jr. Linda-Jean Smith Schneider ’76 Leslie Caroll Cantrell Schoeffel ’87 Elliott Graham Schoenig ’76 Alexa T. Schriempf ’97 Vikki A. Schroeder ’87 Holly Zweigler Schroeter ’65 Judith Greer Schulz ’61 Kathleen Cochran Schutze ’73 Dawn Leary Schwarting ’95 Nancy Hatch Schwartzmiller ’79 Glenn Scott Joyce M. Scott ’05

DONOR HONOR ROLL Carey Thomas Slesinger ’74 Emily Hunter Slingluff ’55 David Sloan Kristen Swenson Sloop ’93 Deborah B. Slutz ’10 Wylie Jameson Small ’83 Catherine Brownlee Smeltzer ’59 Stephanie Wilt Smirnov ’88 Aimee Olivia Nelson Smith ’82 Albert J. Smith Amy K. Smith ’79 Ann Whittingham Smith ’52 Ann R. Smith ’74 Anne G. Smith ’86 Bethannie Swisher Smith ’01 Blair Beebe Smith ’87 Charles Lee Smith III Elizabeth Glass Smith ’70 Elizabeth Oakley Smith ’73 Ellen Bryan Tozzer Smith ’87 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon S. Smith Hallie Darby Smith ’67 Jade Smith ’16 Katharyn Kelly Smith ’76 Lochrane Coleman Smith ’76 Margaret Lotterhos Smith ’54 Olivia T. Smith ’14 Ruth Sanders Smith ’54 Sheila Haskell Smith ’61 Teresa Powell Smith ’82 Nancy Gayle Smith-Jackson ’82 Alice Allen Smyth ’62 Stephanie Snead ’81 Susanne Williams Snead ’64 Martha Loftin Snell ’07 Judith Whitacre Snider ’62 Andrea Beerman Sonfield ’68 Judith J. SoRelle Lorna Allen Sorley ’68 Caroline Birdsall Sory ’61 Katherine Blythe Southerland ’69 Susan Moorman Southworth ’66 Epiphany D. Soward ’15 Nancy Lumpkin Sowers ’89 Tracy Glaves Spalding ’84 Judith Dunn Spangenberg ’64 Janine Sparacio Katherine Lemming Sparkman ’99 Karol Kroetz Sparks ’73 Heather-Anne Speer ’06 Rosalind Ray Spell ’74 Arthur H. Sperry Virginia B. Spigener ’84 Cora Morningstar Spiller ’50* Monica Saumweber Spillias ’73 Joan Hobbs Spisso ’72 Marian Spivey-Estrada ’01 Laura Saunders Spratley ’66 C. Allen Sprinkle

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Ingrid Weirick Squires ’86 Amy B. St. John ’06 Carol Ann Leslie St. John ’75 Alexandra M. St. Pierre ’12 Wenllian Jenkins Stallings ’47 Caville Stanbury-Woolery ’06 Jane Johnson Stanek ’68 DJ Stanhope ’81 David Stanley Virginia Williams Stanley ’66 Mr. and Mrs. James Beach Stanton (Christina Benson Stanton ’97) Margaret Stanton Wendy Congdon Stanton ’77 State Farm Companies Foundation Caroline Coleman Stautberg ’62 Clélie D. D. Steckel and Joshua A. Barrow Jane Street Steele ’56 Kathleen Pretzfelder Steele ’73 Linda Lucas Steele ’75 Tracy L. Steele ’92 Ann Maricle Stefano ’78 Ashley Kraas Steinberg ’91 Celia Newberg Steingold ’68 Elina Stelman Stephen and Clara Smiley Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Aja Grosvenor Stephens ’02 Jocelyn M. Stephens ’11 Patricia Cesak Stephenson ’73 Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Stephenson Annie Ward Stern ’66 Amanda Davis Stevens ’02 Catherine McNease Stevens ’86 Elizabeth Little Stevens ’77 Stacy McKimm Stevens ’97 James Steward Alice Fales Stewart ’64 Patricia C. Stewart Prof. and Mrs. Philip Stewart Charlotte Snead Stifel ’52 Judith Bensen Stigle ’67 Nedra Greer Stimpson ’51 Sharon Halsey Stiteler ’73 Alison Stockdale ’00 Mary Copeland Stockton ’96 Anne Stoddard ’68 Anne Green Stone ’53 Jacqueline Hekma Stone ’59 Sally R. Stone Bonnie Moe Stook ’72 Kimberly Mounger Storbeck ’94 Storms Family Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Valeria Parker Storms ’58 Bettie Roberson Stovall ’68 Mary Foster Strickland ’74 Jill M. Stromberg ’99 Catherine Evans Stroud ’46

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Nancy Pendergrass Scott ’67 Cornelia Harrison Scribner ’62 Angela M. Scully ’77 Ieke Osinga Scully ’78 Alexandra R. Seal ’12 Stella Mae Renchard Seamans ’67 Mabelle Garrard Seawright ’58 Robin H. Seay Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Sedelow, Jr. Carolyn Williams Seeling ’77 Bonnie L. Seitz ’01 Mira Selm Anne Frierman Sewell ’84 Antoinette F. Seymour Cannie Crysler Shafer ’78 Harriet Houston Shaffer ’64 Dayna Kinnard Shah ’70 Lisa Brundage Shapiro ’77 Janeen K. Sharma ’96 Elizabeth Cahill Sharman ’84 Rosemary Smith Sharp ’67 Mary MacKenzie Shaw ’61 Joan Markey Shaw ’76 Margaret Haley Sheehan ’77 Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Shelburn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eric E. Shenker Nancy Anderson Shepard ’55 Cindy Harper Sherrell ’88 Mary Alexander Sherwood ’53 Julia Shields ’62 Beverly O. Shivers Margaret Shortlidge ’06 Anne Whitney Bay Shuck ’89 Megan E. Shuford ’16 Will Shumadine Heather McKoy Shumaker ’94 Heather D. Shumaker ’04 Betsy Shure Gross ’62 Penelope Steketee Sidor ’66 Jane Slack Sigloh ’56 Monica Signoretti ’00 Mr.* and Mrs. John V. Silcox, Jr. (Susanna Judd Silcox ’52) Elizabeth Perkinson Simmons ’78 Margaret Lawrence Simmons ’49 Sophie Simonard ’98 Diana K. Simpson ’08 Ann Connolly Simpson ’80 Louis Burns and Susan D. Sinclair Mary Todd Singh ’59 Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sinner Judith Siskind Betty C. Skeen ’07 Sara E. Skoglund ’99 Ginger Carter Skoog ’97 Patricia S. Skufca ’84 Skyemar Foundation Carter Van Deventer Slatery ’49 Dawn W. Slekis ’08

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Jill O’Ree Stryker ’87 Prof. and Mrs. John Stubbs Prudence Gay Stuhr ’63 Harriette Horsey Sturges ’66 Elizabeth Nelson Suhr ’87 Jane Hemenway Sullivan ’78 Rachel M. Sullivan ’09 Wendy Pressel Sullivan ’91 Ms. Kerry Sullivan-Kaiser Kristen L. Summers and Joel S. Hasbrouck Jozanne S. Summerville ’04 Jean Saunders Sumner ’88 Marie E. Sushka ’67 Cindy Sorenson Sutherland ’74 Amanda Megargee Sutton ’71 Betsy Stevens Sutton ’55 Blair C. Sutton ’09 Sarah W. Sutton ’83 Scarlett E. Swain ’98 Nancy Elizabeth Swann ’66 Martha L. Swanson ’85 Vinca Swanson ’94 Signee Hoffman Swartley ’91 Elizabeth B. Swearingen ’80 Sweet-Held Charitable Trust, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Lurline Tolbert Sweet ’65 Melinda Moore Sweet ’60 Dr. and Mrs.* James S. Swenberg Jennifer McDonaugh Swiatek ’02 Katharine Baker Sydnor ’66 Sarah Herndon Sydnor ’01 Natalie Cutchin Tacke ’08 Caroline L. Tade ’08 Marcia D. Talley Joy Powell Talmon ’01 Mallihai Lawrence Tambyah ’85 Leila Thompson Taratus ’56 Andrea Tarnowski Carol Moseley Tash ’69 Patricia Tate Ann T. Taylor ’58 Kathleen Watson Taylor ’65 Evangeline Easterly Taylor ’00 Mary Rachel Taylor ’10 Kimberly Martin Tecklenburg ’03 Madeleine Long Tellekamp ’67 Mary Kimball Temple ’52 Susan V. Temple Mary Tennant-Heckard ’82 Toni E. Termotto and David J. Termotto Patricia Hassler Terrell ’47 Martha Roton Terry ’71 Beth Bogdan Tetrault ’79 Deborah L. Thacker ’77 Elizabeth Ball Thagard ’60 The H. Spencer Everett Jr. Charitable Fund at Schwab Charitable

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Penelope Writer Theis ’64 Caroline Keller Theus ’64 Cynthia B. Thiele ’92 Vera Blake Thiers ’77 Emma G. Thom ’18 Caroline M. Thomas ’19 Eugenia Stark Thomas ’95 Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Thomas V Kathryn Wright Thomas ’00 Sarah Collins Thomas ’04 Cassandra Lynn Thomas ’97 DeAndrea Thomas Young ’95 Marcia J. Thom-Kaley Cathy Weiss Thompson ’74 Elodie Taylor Thompson ’71 Jane Arensberg Thompson ’61 Joanne Bossert Thompson ’59 Julie Hickman Thompson ’85 Patricia Beach Thompson ’52 Ray Henley Thompson ’62 Susan Boline Thompson ’80 Tracy E. Imse Thomson ’93 Elizabeth Schneider Thornton ’80 Leslie C. Thornton ’75 Deborah Massie Thurman ’76 Ellen R. Thurman ’68 Payson Jeter Tilden ’65 Tracy Gilmore Tilkin ’86 Mary Bell Timberlake ’67 Elizabeth W. Haw and Jim Tinsman, Jr. Maria Jones Tisdale ’75 Katherine Paige Tisher ’13 John K. Todd Elizabeth McMahan Tolbert ’57 Tom & Fay Smith Charitable Fund of Vanguard Charitable Teresa Pike Tomlinson ’87 Edward D. Tompkins Alice Jones Torbett ’60 Leslie C. Toro ’95 Mary Craighill Tourgee ’81 Laura Ann Humphress Toussaint ’06 Katy Warren Towers ’70 Linda W. Towers ’96 Cynthia Little Townsend ’79 Anne P. Toxey ’86 Newell Bryan Tozzer ’55 Erica Trabold Jill Armstrong Tracy ’90 Randolph Anderson Trainor ’75 Patronella Sykes Treadwell ’58 Holly Brooke James Trent ’97 Jill A. Triana ’99 Rosemary Dunaway Trible ’71 Stephanie Banton Troutman ’91 Heidi L. Trude ’07 Victoria A. Trudeau ’11 Carol Exnicios Tucker ’53 Freida Carpenter Tucker ’73

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Brice McRae Tunison ’91 Louisa Z. Turner ’62 Nicole Brandt Turner ’06 Sandra Meads Turturro ’81 Michal S. Twine ’68 TY Ink Promotions, Inc. Patricia Lynn Longest Tyler ’80 Amy Tyson UBS Linda R. Uihlein ’77 Carolyn Black Underwood ’52 Universal Leaf Tobacco Co. Susan Knapp Hurley Upshaw ’99 Pilar C. Uribe ’84 Karen Valanzano ’93 Mary Blair Scott Valentine ’59 W. Kent Van Allen, Jr. Barbara Dublin Van Cleve ’66 Lee Cooper van de Velde ’58 Alis E. Van Doorn ’86 Katharine Weinrich van Geel ’65 McKenzie Reed van Meel ’86 Pamela Van Tassel ’73 Beverly F. Van Zandt ’71 Lucy Dennington Van Zandt ’73 Jennifer C. Vance ’91 Vanguard Group Sharon Singletary Vanzant ’69 Jeri L. Vargo Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vari Claire Cartwright Vaughan ’78 Lyssa A. Vaught ’95 Melissa Leib Veghte ’74 Michelle E. Venema ’84 Anne Proctor Verba ’07 Victoria Chainski Verity ’66 Dorothy Legare Davis Vest ’89 Wanda F. Vest Annabelle B. Vesterman ’16 Harold A. Via, Jr. (Ann May Via ’54*) Marion Harrison Vickers ’67 Sally Estes Vigezzi ’93 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Jack Vine Glenna J. Vine ’11 Virginia C. Pappas Giving account, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Lindsay Mactavish Vogt ’96 Virginia-Anne Fowler Voigt ’04 Hollis Hutchens Volk ’80 Anne Souder von Weise ’86 Madge Hall Vosteen ’85 W. Duncan & Nivin MacMillan Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bernard W. Wackenhut Celeste C. Wackenhut ’08 Lauren M. Wade ’05 Yana Wagg ’95 Jennifer M. Wagner ’97 Marye Taylor Wagner ’73

DONOR HONOR ROLL Marian R. Wahlgren ’84 Jennifer Ann Walcott ’90 Star Hollis Waldron ’86 Elissa C. Walker ’75 Gale Young Walker ’60 Julia Snodgrass Walker ’83 Wendy Webb Walker ’99 Carrie M. Walkiewicz Marie Bandy Wall ’96 Jennifer Kemper Wallis ’91 Teresa Eoff Walsh ’70 Susanne E. Walters ’84 Andrea Sharretts Waltman ’99 Lisa Moore Walton ’04 Lura Coleman Wampler ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Wandling Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wandling Jessica Bemis Ward ’63 Christine Devol Wardlow ’63 Pamela Compton Ware ’55 Patricia Coxe Ware ’59 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Waring Christine Sherwood Warner ’73 El Warner ’85 Pamela Walsh Warren ’82 Patricia Anderson Warren ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Warren, Sr. Wendy Hyland Warren ’84 Catherine R. Waterman ’11 Diana Duffy Waterman ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Jon Waters Sarah Lawrence Watkins ’68 Lindsay Hicks Watrous ’99 Hallie N. Watson ’08 Nancy Cunningham Watson ’75 Kate Watson-Toth ’93 Barbara Watts Elizabeth Andrews Watts ’74 Lauren B. Watts ’12 Margaret Murray Watts ’06 Candice Pride Waycaster ’06 Andrew D. Weaver Barbara Chase Webber ’54 Tracie Allen Webber ’93 Ann Kilpatrick Webster ’51 Ellen B. Webster ’83 Annegret P. Weckerle ’93 Jane Best Wehland ’57 Heather Bayfield Weidle ’94 Elva Weigle Nancy J. Weigle ’95 Pamela Weiler-Colling ’79 Terry Kaufman and Gary B. Weinman Ilisa S. Weinberg ’14 Katharine Harrington Welder ’95 Marguerite Geer Wellborn ’56 Elizabeth Melvin Wells ’99 Anne Harrell Welsh ’55

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DONOR HONOR ROLL Lynn V. Westine ’79 Robin Platt Wetherbee ’82 Nan Tull Wezniak Alice Anderson Wharton ’75 Elizabeth McKnight Whatley ’87 Mr. and Mrs. J. Jeremy T. Whatmough Jane Bradley Wheeler ’64 Courtney Huffman Whetstone ’95 Emily Whaley Whipple ’61 Mr. and Mrs. Alan J. White Angela Renee White ’05 Caroline W. White ’79 Elizabeth McLemore White ’70 Ms. Jesse A. White ’86 Kimberly Diane Shaheen White ’96 Leigh Ann White ’86 Wendelin A. White ’74 Michelle Whitehead and Delmar L. Greenleaf Patricia Davis Whitehurst ’67 Joan McCarthy Whiteman ’49 Catherine Cranston Whitham ’75 Mr. and Mrs. F. Mark Whittaker Karen Williams Wickre ’84 Clifford C. Widmayer Margaret Richards Wiederseim ’78 Dr. and Mrs. Herbert N. Wigder Janet Hughes Wiles ’80 Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Wilke S. Vance Wilkins, Jr. William and Joan Brodsky Foundation, Inc. Dianne Hunt Williams ’68 Eleanor Keen Williams ’68 Elizabeth M. Williams ’78 Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Williams Lori Faust Williams ’81 Louise Dunham Williams ’58 Margaret B. Williams ’97 Mary Ballou Handy Williams ’59 Meredith Williams ’95 Yolanda Avram Willis ’55 Ann L. Wilson ’54 Catherine M. Wilson ’02 Courtenay Sands Wilson ’66 Gail Hayman Wilson ’60 Hildee Williams Wilson ’89 Janet H. Wilson* Kimberly A. Wilson ’06 Mary Elizabeth Friberg Wilson ’98 Jane Stephenson Wilson ’67 Virginia L. Wilson ’08 Nancy Ray Wiltshire ’86 Christine Jones Winder ’86 Jeanne L. Windsor Heather Stevens Wine ’94 Camille Mitchell Wingate ’84 Patricia Wood Wingfield ’73 Gail Zarwell Winkler ’76 Lisa Fowler Winslow ’73 Kimberly Ann Cutting Winter ’93

Jennifer S. Wistrand Patricia Witcher Jordan ’89 Melissa Gentry Witherow ’80 Marcia G. Wittenbrook ’72 Elizabeth W. Wiznerowicz ’99 Betsy M. Wolfe ’68 Patsy Perkins Wolverton ’62 Edith Norman Wombwell ’53 Swee-Lan Wong Dolan ’80 Anthony C. Wood Joan Wright Wood ’83 Kimberly J. Wood Marguerite McDaniel Wood ’57 Keitt Matheson Wood ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Wood III (Mina Walker Wood ’62) Nancy W. Wood ’63 Helen Cantey Woodbridge ’44 Rosanne L. Woodroof ’71 Ms. Nan H. Woodson Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Woodward Anne Little Woolley ’83 Nancy Finley Worcester ’85 Ashley Allbritton Worley ’86 Lori Edgar Worley ’77 Betsy B. Worthington Barbara B. Wray ’81 Mary Denny Scott Wray ’61 Joan Broman Wright ’56 Mtesa Cottemond Wright ’94 Merrilee Davies Wroten ’93 Barbara L. Wuehrmann ’71 Joan Collins Wyatt ’85 Alexandra Bernard Wyllie ’86 Jaquelin Nicholson Wysong ’64 Cheri Burritt Yates ’84 Suzanne Yates ’70 Ann H. Yauger ’78 Carolyn Griffin Yeager ’92 Mark R. Yeatts Susan Wooldridge Yeatts ’95 Henry M. Yochum Anne Kendig Young ’63 Jennifer E. Young ’11 Lauren Place Young ’78 Lucy B. Young Yunk Giving Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Kathryn Hagist Yunk ’91 Doreen S. Zahn Catherine C. Zahrn ’98 Shannon Bazar Zahrn ’99 Mr. and Mrs. David Zak Nellie Min-Ju Kan ’94 Mr. and Mrs. Ken Zaniewski ’77 Christine Marie Carriere Zazulak ’90 Janis Thomas Zeanah ’52 Diana L. Zeidel ’71 Katherine Schupp Zeringue ’94

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Jenneane Jones Ziesenhenne ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Zilke Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Zissu

YOUNG ALUMNAE BELL TOWER SOCIETY

The Bell Tower Society recognizes the importance of the bell tower in life at Sweet Briar College. This society recognizes leadership giving by our youngest donors as it fits in their stage in life, whether gifts are made through monthly installments or as one-time gifts. The F Bell recognizes annual gifts of $250–$649 from alumnae within three years since graduation. The C Bell recognizes annual gifts of $750–$999 from alumnae within 4–6 years since graduation. The G Bell recognizes annual gifts of $1,000–$1,999 from alumnae within 7–9 years since graduation. The A Bell recognizes annual gifts of $2,000–$2,499 from alumnae within 10–12 years since graduation. And finally, the D Bell recognizes annual gifts of $2,500+ from alumnae within 13–15 years since graduation.

F Bell (Classes of 2017 – 2020) Paige N. Chamblin ’18 C Bell (Classes 2014-2016) Ju-Ren Ngiam ’14 Kiera M. Cavalleri ’15 G Bell (Classes 2011-2013) Martha Schley Kemp Smith ’12 Stacy Ludington ’12 A Bell (Classes 2008-2010) D Bell (Classes 2005-2007) Heidi A. Benson ’05 Hannah J. Silva ’05

INDIANA FLETCHER WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES

The Indiana Fletcher Williams Associates recognizes and honors Sweet Briar College’s faithful donors who follow in the philanthropic footsteps of our founder, Indiana Fletcher Williams, by providing for the College in their estate plans. If you are not listed below but have included Sweet Briar in your estate plans, please notify Claire Griffith at cgriffith@sbc.edu.

Anonymous (19) Deborah Butteri Akers ’77 Sheila K. Alexander and Robert R. Alexander Jean Meyer Aloe ’63

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Elizabeth Frenzel Casalini ’82 Elizabeth Stanly Cates ’63 Bettye Thomas Chambers ’62 Kirkland Tucker Clarkson ’53 Sarah P. Clement ’75 Lucy Darby Meston ’78 Richard C. Colton, Jr. Barbara Tragakis Conner ’85 Hilary Cooper Cook ’05 Kim Patmore Cool ’62 Barbara Bush Cooper ’81 Carol Tanner Cover ’43 Janet G. Crandall Susan Bronson Croft ’64 Faith Croker ’54 Paul D. Cronin Nannette McBurney Crowdus ’57 Susan Andrews Cruess ’79 Molly M. Currens ’89 Jaquelin and Ralph Cusick ( Jaquelin Ambler Cusick ’57) Diane Dalton ’67 Jane McKenzie Davis ’03 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55 Lynne Gardner Detmer ’68 Linda C. DeVogt ’86 Alice Elizabeth Dixon ’82 Marian Dolan ’76 Julie G. Dorsett ’87 Wilma Dotson Margaret McClellan Driscoll ’92 Frances Early ’62 Lynne Manov Echols ’71 Michela A. English ’71 Eleanor Crosby Erdman ’60

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Kimberley McGraw Euston ’92 Carolyn Cannady Evans ’49 Kimberly Harden Fella ’00 Katherine Guerrant Fields ’53 Mary-Fleming Willis Thompson ’66 Libby Glenn Fisher ’83 Linda A. Fite ’67 Elizabeth Harvey FitzGerald ’68 Cathy Patton Foose ’78 Carol McMurtry Fowler ’57 Mary Carter Frackelton ’72 Dorothea M. Fuller ’53 Sheila Nolan Fuller ’66 and Robert F. Fuller* Natalie and Geoffrey Funk (Natalie Roberts Funk ’66) Mrs. Judith F. Gager* and Mr. Forrest L. Gager, Jr.* Lynn Crosby Gammill ’58 Janice K. Garfield ’73 Ann Gateley ’70 Reed Johns Gay ’53 Maj. Gen. L. H. Ginn III H’55 (Kathleen Button Ginn ’55*) Jane Piper Gleason ’74 Laura Hand Glover ’86 Jane H. Goodridge ’63 Jane E. Gott ’70 Clara Barton Green ’89 Julia Charlotte Green ’13 Virginia Chamblin Greene ’55 Lorraine Haire ’91 Lura Litton Griffin ’78 Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 Margaret Van Peenen Grimes ’54 Roshani M. Gunewardene ’85 Jon Halberstadt

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Martha Garrison Anness ’48 Carolyn Scott Arnold ’57 Sarah G. Babcock ’83 Anne Goebel Bain ’82 Mary Fran Brown Ballard ’49 Kathleen Peeples Ballou ’55 Nella Gray Barkley ’55 Chantel N. Bartlett ’98 Melissa Halstead Baugher ’86 Rachel Reynolds Baxtresser ’07 Myth Monnich Bayoud ’80 Kathryn Beard ’55 Robin E. Behm ’79 Polly Benson-Brown ’58 Beryl Bergquist ’71 Kristin Farris Bergquist ’03 Mary Morris Gamble Booth ’50 Barbara Sampson Borsch ’59 Kay Diane Moore Bowles ’57 Elizabeth Rodgers Boyd ’84 Mrs. Caroline Casey Brandt ’49 ’49 Dr. and Mrs. Owen W. Brodie Alice Cary Farmer Brown ’59 Antoinette Christian Brown ’78 Laura Lee Brown ’63 Mary Jo Biscardi Brown ’86 Nancy Dixon Brown ’63 Rosamond Sample Brown ’64 Sarah Betz Bucciero ’97 Sarah M. Bumbaugh ’54 Ethel Ogden Burwell ’58 Evelyn Day Butler ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Calandra Mary Cooke Carle ’59* Eugenie Carr ’68 Mr. and Mrs. Joe Carroll

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Barbara M. Hale ’60 Mary Elizabeth Hannah ’62 Sandra Elder Harper ’58 Adele Vogel Harrell ’62 Elizabeth Trueheart Harris ’49 Jeanne Harris ’40 Virginia Robinson Harris ’59 Katherine A. Hearn ’85 Katherine Powell Heller ’78 Mayde Ludington Henningsen ’48* Anne Day Herrmann ’64 Preston Hodges Hill ’49 Betty-Potter Kinne Hillyer ’43 Esther Jett Holland ’43* Martha C. Holland ’72 Anne Gatling Honey ’60 Kathleen M. Horan ’71 Ann Pegram Howington ’59 Leverett Hubbard, Jr. Cissy Humphrey ’76 Mary Pope Maybank Hutson ’83 Mary Bailey Izard ’52 Carol Dickson Jahnke ’86 Nancy Jenkins ’72 Grace Butler Johnson ’66 Gwen Speel Kaplan ’60 Sara Kaplan ’02 Kathleen A. Kavanagh ’74 Jane Johnson Kent ’48 Rebecca Faxon Knowles ’55 Brooke Patterson Koehler ’65 Jane Shipman Kuntz ’58 Ashley Rogers LaGanga ’05 Aileen H. Laing ’57 Amy Campbell Lamphere ’80 Helen Murchison Lane ’46 Frances Griffith Laserson ’70 Elizabeth Blackwell Laundon ’69 Ann Colston Leonard ’47 Jane Perry Liles ’53 Karin I. Lindgren ’75 Lucia Woods Lindley ’59 Elizabeth R. Lindsey ’86 Sarah R. Lindsey ’04 Linda Lipscomb ’73 Stacey Sickels Locke ’88 Cheri (Harris) Lofland ’79 Steven J. London (Lillian Dugger London ’73*) Randi Miles Long ’66 Lisa Wray Longino ’78 Valerie Stoddard Loring ’59 Virginia Timmons Ludwick ’53 Marion MacRae ’67 Blanchette Chappell Maier ’73

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Harriet Wall Martin ’65 Cornelia Long Matson ’58 Emily Dick McAlister ’78 Mary Lee McGinnis McClain ’54 Margaret Graves McClung ’53 Margaret Katterjohn McCollom ’40* Dr. Rebecca McCord, Professor of Music Emerita K. Holly McGlothlin ’78 Cynthia A. McKay ’78 Mrs. Peyton F. McLamb Dorothy Woods McLeod ’58 Rebecca Towill McNair ’60 Karen Medford ’72 Heidi Menzel Karen Gill Meyer ’63 Margot Saur Meyer ’60 Norma Patteson Mills ’60 Mary Street Montague ’51* Denise L. Montgomery ’75 Catherine Taylor Moore ’78 Louise P. Moore ’50 Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66 Vaughan Inge Morrissette ’54 Frances Kirven Morse ’68 Joy Reynolds Mouledoux ’84 Frank F. Mountcastle, Jr. Helen Turner Murphy ’56 June Jacqueline Speight Myers ’87 Kathleen B. Nager ’53 Tennessee Nielsen ’76 Denise Wisell O’Connor ’71 C. Gail Robins O’Quin ’67 Mary A. Osborn ’73 Cynthia Wilson Ottaway ’57 Anna Chao Pai ’57 Mary Hamilton Parsons ’78 William M. Passano, Jr. H’55 (Helen Addington Passano ’55*) Joanne Holbrook Patton ’52 Kathleen Garcia Pegues ’71 Ivana Pelnar-Zaiko H’06 Jacqueline C. Penny ’71 Elaine Newton Peters ’57 Susan and Lee* Piepho Jeannette N. Pillsbury ’72 Susan Dern Plank ’73 Andria Calhoun Plonka ’67 Sally Gammon Plummer ’54 Catherine Tift Porter ’44 Averala Paxton Poucher ’57 Anne Litle Poulet ’64 Judith B. Powell ’69 Patricia P. Pusey ’60 Elizabeth Kernan Quigley ’48

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

Ann Felicity Keyser Rawley* Bettie Katherine Arnold Reed ’64 Catherine Cox Reynolds ’49 Nancie Howe Entenmann Roberts ’56 Acacia Marie Salazar ’15 Lynn Kahler Shirey ’76 Mary Ann Mellen Root ’53 Graham Maxwell Russell ’79 Margaret Christian Ryan ’74 Betty Rau Santandrea ’70 Judith Welton Sargent ’59 Ellen Harrison Saunders ’75 Susan P. Scanlan ’69 Linda Mae Visocan Scherr ’87 Christina Bacchiani Schieffelin ’68 E. Elaine Schuster ’58 Harriet Houston Shaffer ’64 Mary Alexander Sherwood ’53 Dorothy Wyatt Shields ’58* Polly Sloan Shoemaker ’53* Jane Reeb Short ’74 Susanna Judd Silcox ’52 Allison Stemmons Simon ’63 Anne Sinsheimer ’51 Jane Collins Sjoberg ’53 Dawn W. Slekis ’08 Wylie Jameson Small ’83 Anne Haw Spencer ’89 Jeannine Corbett Squires ’66 and Jay Squires, MD DJ Stanhope, Class of ’81 Janice Renne Steffen ’74 Melanie Bowen Steglich ’78 Jean Blanton Stein ’44 Anne Stelle ’78 Renee Sterling ’73 Judith Bensen Stigle ’67 Anne Allen Symonds ’62 Paulett Long Taggart ’44 Katherine Upchurch Takvorian ’72 Margaret Cromwell Taliaferro ’49 Sandra A. Taylor ’74 Mildred Newman Thayer ’61 Catherine L. Thomas ’98 Jane (Kitchie) Roseberry Tolleson ’52* Teresa Pike Tomlinson ’87 Virginia Hudson Toone ’53 Newell Bryan Tozzer ’55 Jane Fitzgerald Treherne-Thomas ’57* Linda R. Uihlein ’77 Norma Bulls Valentine ’93 Sally Schall Van Allen ’42 Lucy Dennington Van Zandt ’73 Sarah Underhill Viault ’60

DONOR HONOR ROLL Jane Tatman Walker ’60 Marion F. Walker ’72 Wendy Igleheart Walker ’78 Dawne Cotton Ward ’81 Jessica Bemis Ward ’63 Betty Byrne Gill Ware ’55 Pamela Compton Ware ’55 Barbara K. Warner ’46 El Warner ’85 Joan Davis Warren ’51 Mrs. Janet A. Warrick Charlotte Heuer Watts ’57 Langhorne Tuller Webster ’58* Ann K. Weigand Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Gwendolyn Weiner ’62 Anne Lyn Harrell Welsh ’55 Elizabeth Smith White ’59 Kenneth S. White Catherine Cranston Whitham ’75 Elizabeth Colwill Wiegers ’59 Patricia Wilder ’63 Emory Gill Williams ’40* Sallie Yon Williams ’63 Susan Whitten Williams ’78 Florence Barclay Winston ’57 Helen Pender Withers ’48 Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, President Emerita Diane Duffield Wood ’57 Keitt Matheson Wood ’63 Susan Snodgrass Wynne ’72

Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Yeager (Kathryn Prothro Yeager ’61) Susan Wooldridge Yeatts ’95 Jacqueline Lowe Young ’53

FIRST TIME DONORS

In special recognition of those who joined the Sweet Briar Donor Community in the 2019-2020 fiscal year ( July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020), Thank you!

Joan Armstrong Abington ’90 Taylor M. Allen ’20 Bianca Lucia Alvarado Gavilanes ’17 Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Annable Leslie S. Ariail Lynn Settlemyer Arts ’68 Suzanne S. Augur Blair C. Balmer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Basco William Baumgarten Gabriella M. Bedsworth Danielle Erika Mary Bielenstein ’82 Paul R. Bigelow Lisa Bleich Dorothy L. Boone James Brachman Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Bradford Mr. and Mrs. Gary Brewer Ms. Lisa A. Jacobs and Mr. Paul F. Brinkman Phuong Tran Broome ’96

Kiernan Burger Jason Aaron Capps Sarah Ryder Carter ’02 Stephen M. Chaplin Adrienne Arnold Ciccarello ’04 Kristin B. Cousins Mr. and Mrs. Robert Currey Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Czarra Natalie L. Czarra ’22 Helen E. Danner Stephanie Pearson Davis ’95 Lisa E. Diard Mary DuBois James R. Eisenmann Sherine Mohamed S. El Banhawy ’97 Tarah J. Eliason ’12 Kathleen Brown Eney ’78 Carolyn Bloxsom Fitzpatrick ’93 Tranum Fitzpatrick, IV Carrra Floyd Hooshang Foroudastan Elizabeth A. Foster ’12 Mary Frank Ralene Ann Friend and John P. Prieskorn Teresa A. Garrett Elizabeth F. Glotzbach Robert Goodlatte Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gorman Evangeline Fisher Grossman ’89 Lydia M. Gullicksen ’18 Dayna Gunn Gunn ’04

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Paul Gyaakye Ashlee C. Hall Leannan Harcourt-Brooke Mr. and Mrs. Paul X. Harder Anna L. Hearn Susan Hemphill Erin Gibbs Henrichs ’05 Ms. Shannon Holcomb-Selbert and Mr. Parker David Selbert Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Huth Sallie D. Iselin Jane Johnston Evelyn Smith Jones ’96 Kimberly Jones Caitlin A. Keany ’08 Daniel H. Kellum Stephen Kelly Jody L. Kelso Susan C. Kesey Diana Kidane-Mariam ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kocik Andrew M. Koenig Hannah K. Kowitz ’15 Annie M. Labatt Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Lang Elizabeth M. Larabell Sammie Goyne Leary ’82 Catherine Lignelli Beth D. Lindsay Lex Lindsey Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lydick Nickcole K. Maynard-Errami Mr. and Mrs. James Mayo-Pitts Kerrie H. McCoy Roland G. McIntosh Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Meighan Karen Ayers Merritt ’88 Virginia W. Milam Mr. and Mrs. James Miller Nancy Morris Miller ’83 Sarah Smith Freeman Monroe ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Raphael B. Montgomery Patricia Morrill Barbara Mosegard-Diamond and David M. Diamond John Nau Judith Newton Ju-Ren Ngiam ’14 Mary Morris Park ’04 Hallie Pence Elizabeth Tustin Phelps ’05 Mr. and Mrs.Wayne Phillips Angelia Pippin Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pitts

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Terri Brockwell Porter ’91 Lisa J. Powell Elizabeth Cone Preston ’78 Rebekah E. Ricksecker Stacey J. Rogers Mr. and Mrs. James M. Rossi Jennifer M. Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Fred R. Savitz Mr. and Mrs. Russell A. Muser Mariann Schick Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Schmidt Mr. and Mrs. Eric E. Shenker Judith Siskind David Sloan Albert J. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Finis H. Southworth Janine Sparacio Arthur H. Sperry Elina Stelman Nancy T. Gray and Jean H. Stewart Sharon Halsey Stiteler ’73 Mary Tennant-Heckard ’82 Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Thomas V Tracy Gilmore Tilkin ’86 Erica Trabold Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wandling Clifford C. Widmayer S. Vance Wilkins, Jr. Ms. Nan H. Woodson Betsy B. Worthington Lucy B. Young

FRIENDS OF ART

Donors to the Friends of Art for the 2019-2020 fiscal year ( July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020) The Friends of Art maintains and collects art for Sweet Briar’s permanent teaching collection, funds financial scholarships for off-campus internships, offers prizes for student art contests, sponsors gallery events and publishes Visions, a magazine highlighting the arts at Sweet Briar.

The Argo Foundation Mr. Christopher F. Armstrong A. Hopie Carter Avery ’94 Rebecca Carter Barger ’81 Susan Terjen Bernard ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Bradford III Mary Landon Smith Brugh ’57 The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Cabaniss, Jr. (Catherine Caldwell Cabaniss ’61) Carter-Barger Family Fund of the Community Foundation of Gaston County, Inc.

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status ** Gift of Art to the Sweet Briar Collection

Catherine and William J. Cabaniss Advised Fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham Center Stage Dance Studio, Inc. Lucile McKee Clarkson ’69 Barbara Bush Cooper ’81 Laura L. Crum ’79 Lee B. Cullum ’60 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Alice V. Dodd ’65 Hannah Davis Emig ’83 Chloe Fort ’62 Elizabeth A. Foster ’12 Mary Frank** Susan Stephens Geyer ’74 Anne Evans Gorry ’64 Mary Sutherland Gwinn ’65 Mary Koonz Gynn ’56 Anne Booth Hauser ’64 Louise Chapman Hoffman ’61 Jacqueline Mabie Humphrey ’60 Karen Steinhardt Kirkbride ’56 Page M. Kjellstrom ’70 Muriel Wikswo Lambert ’66 Linda McGuire Last ’58 Olympia A. K. LeHota ’20 Sarah E. Lewis Linda Lipscomb ’73 Gail P. Lloyd ’60 Nan Dabbs Loftin ’81 Lisa Wray Longino ’78 Julia Fort Lowe ’63 Laura Maus Maureen K. McGuire ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Meeks Linda Sims Newmark ’60 Louise C. Newton ’82 David Norris Lamar Ellis Oglesby ’54 Barbara Falge Openshaw ’57 Carol Barnard Ottenberg ’60 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Parker Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11 Olga N. Rigg ’04** Adelaide M. Russo ’68 Prudence Sandifer Scott ’59 Marshall Metcalf Seymour ’64 Amy A. Simmons ’86** Allison Stemmons Simon ’63** Sarah Garrison Skidmore ’56 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Smiley Stephanie Wilt Smirnov ’88 Ellen Bryan Tozzer Smith ’87 Jade Smith ’16

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FRIENDS OF ATHLETICS

Donors to the Friends of Athletics for the 20192020 fiscal year ( July 1, 2019-June 30, 2020) Friends of Athletics sustains and promotes the College’s commitment to sports by funding enhancements to intercollegiate athletics, including team travel, the annual Athletic Awards Banquet, uniforms, equipment not covered in the budget, and communications to build enthusiasm and increase attendance at students’ games and other community-building efforts.

Anonymous ’60 Michelle L. Badger ’06 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Basco Harriet McCormick Bobbitt ’63 Alicia Bounds Bomhardt ’89 Brianna Boswell Brown ’82 Elizabeth Gantt Castles ’82 Eileen Stroud Clark ’65 Laura L. Crum ’79 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Emily Marie Dent ’12 True Dow ’80 Debra A. Elkins ’93 Laura M. Ferrazzano ’88 Barbara Paulson Goodbarn ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Keith Gorman Patricia Roby Gotfredson ’84 Jenness S. Gough ’13 Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 and Luther T. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Jack Groesch Katherine A. Hearn ’85 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hershman, Jr. Mary Pope M. Hutson ’83

JRD Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Barbara Tillman Kelley ’67 Bonnie Kestner Sally Old Kitchin ’76 Page M. Kjellstrom ’70 Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kocik Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer ’64 Jean G. Lewis ’87 Sarah E. Lewis Hannah Lott Aoife Magner ’19 Mr. and Mrs. James Mayo-Pitts Leyte C. McNealus ’18 Kristen Johnson Mortensen ’09 Barbara Mosegard-Diamond and David M. Diamond Margaret MacKenzie Nowacki ’63 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Oybkhan Anna Chao Pai ’57 Julia Paris ’99 Lindsay Eneguess Paulette ’11 Andrea Peterson Philips-Bramham ’76 Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pitts Adelaide M. Russo ’68 Mr. Parker Selbert and Ms. Shannon Holcomb-Selbert Soren, LLC Janine Sparacio Caroline Coleman Stautberg ’62 Clélie D. D. Steckel and Joshua A. Barrow Kay Pierce Sugarbaker ’93 Wanda F. Vest Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Wandling Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wandling Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Pamela Weiler-Colling ’79

Anne Peyton Cooper ’50 Laura L. Crum ’79 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Elizabeth and Luther Dietrich Genevieve and Tim Fadool Monica G. Freeman ’73 Adelaide H. Hapala Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hershman, Jr. Ellen Nichols Jump ’60 Jean G. Lewis ’87 Sarah E. Lewis Susan Lindsey Catherine A. Lumsden ’78 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mather Sarane C. McHugh ’81 Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mittelholtz Denise L. Montgomery ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Carmen J. Palermo Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Parker Ruth R. Pillow Lynn Kahler Shirey ’76 Raymond G. Ruff Adelaide M. Russo ’68 C. Allen Sprinkle Sarah Anderson Stanton ’89 Marcia D. Talley Toni E. Termotto and David J. Termotto Deborah L. Thacker ’77 Wanda F. Vest Andrew D. Weaver Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Pamela Weiler-Colling ’79 William and Joan Brodsky Foundation, Inc.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

The Friends of the Library seek to encourage an understanding of the needs of the Mary Helen Cochran Library, as well as its available services, and to attract resources through gifts or bequests including monetary donations, books, manuscripts and other appropriate material.

Friends of Riding promotes Sweet Briar’s riding program, paying special attention to the unique nature of the program. The program provides a range of opportunities, from constructive competitive experiences to recreational riding activities, while students pursue a quality liberal arts degree. Friends of Riding aims to augment the Riding Program by offering special clinics, assisting with uniform costs, maintaining the facilities, and supplementing team travel and expenses.

Ramona K. Akins ’77 Nursat I. Aygen ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Bonham Mary Green Borg ’64 Joan Breier Brodsky ’67 Gloria J. Cooper

Anonymous Claire T. Affleck ’03 Katherine Rose Allison ’14 Katherine Amsden ’53 Sarah G. Babcock ’83 Mr. and Mrs. David W. Balding

FRIENDS OF RIDING

Donors to the Friends of Riding for the 20192020 fiscal year ( July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020)

Donors to the Friends of the Library for the 20192020 fiscal year ( July 1, 2019–June 30, 2020)

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Stephen and Clara Smiley Fund, a donor advised fund of Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Jocelyn M. Stephens ’11 Mary Page Stewart ’78 Catherine Evans Stroud ’46 Cindy Sorenson Sutherland ’74** Caroline L. Taraschi ’87 Mildred Newman Thayer ’61 Alice Wood Thompson ’59 Wanda F. Vest Cynthia H. Volk ’83 Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Waring Nancy Cunningham Watson ’75 Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Pamela Weiler-Colling ’79 Margaret B. Williams ’97

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Mary Brush Bass ’62 Mona Wilson Beard ’51 Brianna Belter ’13 Harriet McCormick Bobbitt ’63 Sue P. Brady and Thomas G. Honaker III Barbara A. Brand ’71 Eleanor Sledge Burke ’64 Elaine Horton Cavener ’65 Madeleine R. Coleman ’16 Deirdre S. Conley ’72 Laura L. Crum ’79 Jean Lindsay de Streel ’58 Christine Witcover Dean ’68 Monica F. Dean and Robert A. Steckel Elise Wachenfeld dePapp ’55 Tria Pell Dove ’64 Katherine Taylor Erickson ’80 Elizabeth Fisch Jane Hutcherson Frierson ’74 Sarah Dabbs Fryer ’72 Karen Greer Gay ’74 Lauren Michelle Perhala Gramlich ’12 Beverley Crispin Heffernan ’75 Janet Maynard Henderson ’60 Thomas Lee Higginson, Jr. Katherine Cole Hite ’88 Nancy Lea Houghton ’74 Pamela C. Hughes ’74 Jane Frierson Charitable Giving Fund at Fidelity Investment Charitable Gift Fund Margaret Enochs Jarvis ’83 H. Daniel Jones III Alice Johnson Krendel ’72 Shapleigh Donnelly LaPointe ’86 Keedie Grones Leonard ’76 Colleen Kuebel Lewis ’84 Sarah E. Lewis Edna-Ann Osmanski Loftus ’72 Mary E. Long Lisa Wray Longino ’78 Faith Bullis Mace ’61 Laura Maus Ann McAllister-Thomas ’87 Elizabeth D. McMullen ’68 Robert S. Meade Makanah Dunham Morriss ’66 Donald R. Ober Kathy Gagnon Pappas ’81 Bonnie Blew Pierie ’67 Lezlie Varisco Pinto ’87 Averala Paxton Poucher ’57 Catherine Slatinshek Prillaman ’76 Lynn Kahler Shirey ’76 Raymond G. Ruff

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Adelaide M. Russo ’68 Margaret Lyle Samdahl ’72 Schwab Charitable Jane Russo Sheehan ’52 Sledge Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Finis H. Southworth Starfish Charitable Foundation Cindy Sorenson Sutherland ’74 Katharine Baker Sydnor ’66 Kathleen Watson Taylor ’65 Mary Kimball Temple ’52 The Harbor Foundation Norma Stieh Bulls Valentine ’93 Pamela Van Tassel ’73 Wanda F. Vest Wendy C. Weiler ’71 Pamela Weiler-Colling ’79 Alysha Wiegand ’09 Cassandra Whaling Wierman ’85 Patricia Wood Wingfield ’73 Gail Zarwell Winkler ’76 Meredith Woo Dana Dewey Woody ’58 Merrilee Davies Wroten ’93

NEW BARN RESIDENTS

Sweet Briar is home to one of the country’s most renowned equestrian programs, and for decades, our program has set the standard for collegiate riding. We offer among the finest indoor and outdoor riding facilities and a well-schooled string of horses with wins and placings in USEF-rated competitions. During the 2019-2020 fiscal year, donors provided the Sweet Briar Riding Program with eight new horses.

Castilli Corasonne Kanye Cedrik Fresco Stiles Clover Harrison

* Deceased Note: The notation “H” followed by a class year (or on its own) indicates honorary alumna and/or class member status

NEW SCHOLARSHIPS

During the 2019-2020 academic year, individual and groups of donors established three new scholarships to support our students.

These scholarships to ensure that the signature Sweet Briar experience, steadfastly committed to their life and career success, is available to more students, every day.

Colson Ewing Scholarship (Endowed) Established by Heather Colson Ewing ’90 Student scholarships to be awarded at the discretion of the College Nancy C. White ’79 Pre-Med Scholarship Fund Established by Thomas E. White Scholarship for a pre-med or pre-nursing student for her junior and senior years Magruder Excellence in Dance Award Established by Linda S. Fink, Carrie M. Brown and John Gregory Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Magruder (Ella Hanson Magruder ’75), and Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Fein $250 annual award to a graduating senior dance major each spring in honor of Ella and Mark Magruder.

CLASS NOTES

Use your IRA to support Sweet Briar students, faculty and staff this year!

Are you at least 70 ½? Do you want to make a convenient planned gift with a big impact before Dec. 31, 2020?

If so, consider a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) from your IRA. Congress has waived the required minimum distribution in 2020, but you can still make an IRA charitable rollover to help your favorite nonprofit: Sweet Briar College! It’s an easy and cost-effective way to have a real impact on our students, faculty and at Sweet Briar.

Not sure how to get started?

Visit: sbc.edu/planned-giving For questions, contact: Claire Dennison Griffith ’80 434-381-6479 | cgriffith@sbc.edu

Box 1057 Sweet Briar, VA 24595

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S AV E T H E D AT E

SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE REUNION May 28-30, 2021 Honoring the classes of 0s, 5s, 1s, and 6s Find out more and register at sbc.edu/reunion.